Cytidine diphosphate

Cytidine diphosphate
Chemical name	Cytidine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate)
Chemical formula	C₉H₁₅N₃O₁₁P₂
Molecular mass	403.18 g/mol
CAS number	34393-59-4
SMILES	O[C@H]1[C@H]([C@H](N2C= CC(N)=NC2=O)O[C@@H]1 COP(O)(OP(O)(O)=O)=O)O

Cytidine diphosphate, abbreviated CDP, is a nucleotide. It is an ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside cytidine. CDP consists of the pyrophosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase cytosine.

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Nucleotides:	AMP \| UMP \| GMP \| CMP \| ADP \| UDP \| GDP \| CDP \| ATP \| UTP \| GTP \| CTP \| cAMP \| cADPR \| cGMP
Deoxynucleotides:	dAMP \| TMP \| dGMP \| dCMP \| dADP \| TDP \| dGDP \| dCDP \| dATP \| TTP \| dGTP \| dCTP
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