Uridine diphosphate

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

[edit] See also

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

v • d • e Nucleobases, nucleosides, and nucleotides 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, dUMP, TMP, dCMP) | diphosphates (dADP, dGDP, TDP, dCDP) | triphosphates (dATP, dGTP, TTP, dCTP)