Uridine diphosphate glucose
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| Uridine diphosphate glucose | |
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| Identifiers | |
| CAS number | [] |
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| SMILES | C1=CN(C(=O)NC1=O)C2C(C(C(O2)COP(=O)(O) OP(=O)(O)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O)O)O |
| Properties | |
| Molecular formula | C15H24N2O17P2 |
| Molar mass | 566.302 g/mol |
| Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa) Infobox disclaimer and references |
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Uridine diphosphate glucose, sometimes called uracil-diphosphate glucose and abbreviated "UDP-glucose", is a nucleotide. It is used as an activated form of glucose used in cells as a substrate for glycosyltransferases.[1] It is a precursor of glycogen and can be converted into UDP-galactose and UDP-glucuronic acid, which can then be used as substrates by the enzymes that make polysaccharides containing galactose and glucuronic acid. UDP-glucose can also be used as a precursor of sucrose lipopolysaccharides, and glycosphingolipids. UDP-glucose consists of the pyrophosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, glucose, and the nucleobase uracil.
[edit] References
- ^ Rademacher T, Parekh R, Dwek R (1988). "Glycobiology". Annu Rev Biochem 57: 785-838. PMID 3052290.
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| Analogues of nucleic acids: | Types of Nucleic Acids | Analogues of nucleic acids: |
| Nucleobases: | Adenine | Thymine | Uracil | Guanine | Cytosine | Purine | Pyrimidine | |
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| Nucleosides: | Adenosine | Uridine | Guanosine | Cytidine | Deoxyadenosine | Thymidine | Deoxyguanosine | Deoxycytidine | |
| 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 | |
| Ribonucleic acids: | RNA | mRNA | piRNA | tRNA | rRNA | ncRNA | sgRNA | shRNA | siRNA | snRNA | miRNA | snoRNA | LNA | |
| Deoxyribonucleic acids: | DNA | mtDNA | cDNA | plasmid | Cosmid | BAC | YAC | HAC | |
| Analogues of nucleic acids: | GNA | PNA | TNA | morpholino | |
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