Cytidine monophosphate

Cytidine monophosphate
Chemical name	5'-Cytidylic acid
Chemical formula	C₉H₁₄N₃O₈P
Molecular mass	323.20 g/mol
CAS number	63-37-6
SMILES	O[C@H]1[C@H]([C@H] (N2C=CC(N)=NC2=O)O [C@@H]1COP(O)(O)=O)O

Cytidine monophosphate, also known as 5'-cytidylic acid and abbreviated CMP, is a nucleotide that is found in RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside cytidine. CMP consists of the phosphate 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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