Biologically Active Substance
guanosine diphosphate
[ gwah-nuh-seen, -sin dahy-fos-feyt ]
Subclass of:
Guanine Nucleotides
Definitions related to guanosine diphosphate:
  • A guanine nucleotide containing two phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • A purine nucleotide diphosphate comprised of a guanine and a pyrophosphate moiety bound to a ribose moiety at its 1' and 5' sites, respectively. Guanosine diphosphate (GDP) is an inactive metabolite and intermediate in the synthesis of guanosine triphosphate (GTP).
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Guanosine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate); guanine nucleotide containing two phosphate groups esterified to the sugar moiety.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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