Uridine triphosphate

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Uridine triphosphate

Identifiers
CAS number	[63-39-8]
PubChem	1181
MeSH	Uridine+triphosphate
Properties
Molecular formula	C9H15N2O15P3
Molar mass	484.141
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Uridine triphosphate is a pyrimidine nucleotide, consisting of the organic base uracil linked to the 1' carbon atom of the shuggar ribose, esterified with tri phosphoric acid at its 5'-position. Its main role is as substrate for the synthesis of RNA during transcription.

UTP also has the role of a source of energy or an activator of substares in metabolic reactions, like that of ATP, but more specific. When UTP activates a substarate, UDP-substrate is usually formed and inorganic phosphate is released. UDP-glucose enters the synthesis of glycogen. UTP is used in the metabolism of galactose, where the activated form UDP-galactose is converted to UDP-glucose. UDP-glucuronate is used to conjugate bilirubin to a more water soluable bilirubin diglucuronide.

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Nucleobases:	Adenine \| Thymine \| Uracil \| Guanine \| Cytosine \| Purine \| Pyrimidine
Nucleosides:	Adenosine \| Uridine \| Guanosine \| Cytidine \| Deoxyadenosine \| Thymidine \| Deoxyguanosine \| Deoxycytidine
Nucleotides:	AMP \| UMP \| GMP \| CMP \| ADP \| UDP \| GDP \| CDP \| ATP \| UTP \| GTP \| CTP \| cAMP \| cADPR \| cGMP
Deoxynucleotides:	dAMP \| TMP \| dGMP \| dCMP \| dADP \| TDP \| dGDP \| dCDP \| dATP \| TTP \| dGTP \| dCTP
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