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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Nucleobases	Purine (Adenine, Guanine) \| Pyrimidine (Uracil, Thymine, Cytosine)

Nucleosides	Adenosine/Deoxyadenosine \| Guanosine/Deoxyguanosine \| Uridine \| Thymidine \| Cytidine/Deoxycytidine

Nucleotides	monophosphates (AMP, GMP, UMP, CMP) \| diphosphates (ADP, GDP, UDP, CDP) \| triphosphates (ATP, GTP, UTP, CTP) \| cyclic (cAMP, cGMP, cADPR)

Deoxynucleotides	monophosphates (dAMP, dGMP, TMP, dCMP) \| diphosphates (dADP, dGDP, TDP, dCDP) \| triphosphates (dATP, dGTP, TTP, dCTP)

Ribonucleic acids	RNA \| mRNA (pre-mRNA/hnRNA) \| tRNA \| rRNA \| aRNA \| gRNA \| miRNA \| ncRNA \| piRNA \| shRNA \| siRNA \| snRNA \| snoRNA \| tmRNA

Deoxyribonucleic acids	DNA \| cDNA \| gDNA \| msDNA \| mtDNA

Nucleic acid analogues	GNA \| LNA \| PNA \| TNA \| morpholino

Cloning vectors	phagemid \| plasmid \| lambda phage \| cosmid \| P1 phage \| fosmid \| BAC \| YAC \| HAC

Major families of biochemicals Peptides \| Amino acids \| Nucleic acids \| Carbohydrates \| Nucleotide sugars \| Lipids \| Terpenes \| Carotenoids \| Tetrapyrroles \| Enzyme cofactors \| Steroids \| Flavonoids \| Alkaloids \| Polyketides \| Glycosides