Uridine diphosphate

(biochemistry) The chief transferring coenzyme in carbohydrate metabolism. Abbreviated UDP.

A uridine compound that serves as a glycosyl carrier in the synthesis of glycogen and starch.

Uridine diphosphate.

• UDP-G-pyrophosphorylase — an enzyme that synthesizes uridine diphosphoglucose as part of glycogenesis.
• UDP-galactose — urinary diphosphate-galactose participates in the modification of procollagen.
• UDP-glucose — activated form of glucose required for glycosyltransferase reactions.

Uridine diphosphate
IUPAC name	Uridine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate)
Identifiers
CAS number	58-98-0 Y
PubChem	1158
MeSH	Uridine+diphosphate
Properties
Molecular formula	C9H14N2O12P2
Molar mass	404.161
Y (what is this?)  (verify) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Uridine diphosphate, abbreviated UDP, is a nucleotide. It is an ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside uridine. UDP consists of the pyrophosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase uracil.

See also

• Nucleoside
• Nucleotide
• DNA
• RNA
• Oligonucleotide
• UGGT

v • d • e Nucleobases, nucleosides, and nucleotides Nucleobases Purine (Adenine, Guanine, Purine analogue) · Pyrimidine (Uracil, Thymine, Cytosine, Pyrimidine analogue) Nucleosides/ (NB+pentose) Ribonucleosides Adenosine · Guanosine · Uridine · Cytidine Deoxyribonucleosides Deoxyadenosine · Deoxyguanosine · Thymidine · Deoxyuridine · Deoxycytidine Nucleotides/ (NS+phosphate) Ribonucleotide monophosphates (AMP, GMP, UMP, CMP) · diphosphates (ADP, GDP, UDP, CDP) · triphosphates (ATP, GTP, UTP, CTP) Deoxyribonucleotides monophosphates (dAMP, dGMP, dUMP, TMP, dCMP) · diphosphates (dADP, dGDP, TDP, dCDP) · triphosphates (dATP, dGTP, TTP, dCTP) Cyclic cAMP, cGMP, c-di-GMP, cADPR Major families of biochemicals Saccharides/Carbohydrates/Glycosides · Amino acids/Peptides/Proteins/Glycoproteins · Lipids/Terpenes/Steroids/Carotenoids · Alkaloids/Nucleobases/Nucleic acids · Cofactors/Phenylpropanoids/Polyketides/Tetrapyrroles

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