Biologically Active Substance
uridine diphosphate
Subclass of:
Uracil Nucleotides
Definitions related to uridine diphosphate:
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A uracil nucleotide containing a pyrophosphate group esterified to C5 of the sugar moiety.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Nucleotide, the 5'-pyrophosphate of uridine, which serves as a carrier for hexose, hexosamines and hexuronic acids in the sythesis of glycogen, glycoproteins and glycosaminoglycans.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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