Uridine diphosphate

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.

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Analogues of nucleic acids:	Types of Nucleic Acids	Analogues of nucleic acids:
Nucleobases:	Purine (Adenine, Guanine) \| Pyrimidine (Uracil, Thymine, Cytosine)
Nucleosides:	Adenosine/Deoxyadenosine \| Guanosine/Deoxyguanosine \| Uridine \| Thymidine \| Cytidine/Deoxycytidine
Nucleotides:	monophosphates (AMP, UMP, GMP, CMP) \| diphosphates (ADP, UDP, GDP, CDP) \| triphosphates (ATP, UTP, GTP, CTP) \| cyclic (cAMP, cGMP, cADPR)
Deoxynucleotides:	monophosphates (dAMP, TMP, dGMP, dCMP) \| diphosphates (dADP, TDP, dGDP, dCDP) \| triphosphates (dATP, TTP, dGTP, dCTP)
Ribonucleic acids:	RNA \| mRNA \| piRNA \| tRNA \| rRNA \| ncRNA \| gRNA \| shRNA \| siRNA \| snRNA \| miRNA \| snoRNA
Deoxyribonucleic acids:	DNA \| mtDNA \| cDNA \| plasmid \| Cosmid \| BAC \| YAC \| HAC
Analogues of nucleic acids:	GNA \| PNA \| TNA \| Morpholino \| LNA

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