Formula C15H24N2O17P2 | Molar mass 566.302 g/mol | |
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Medical vocabulary what does uridine diphosphate glucose mean
Uridine diphosphate glucose (uracil-diphosphate glucose, UDP-glucose) is a nucleotide sugar. It is involved in glycosyltransferase reactions in metabolism.
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- Medical vocabulary what does uridine diphosphate glucose mean
- Medical vocabulary what does uridine diphosphate glucose dehydrogenase mean
- Functions
- Components
- References
Medical vocabulary what does uridine diphosphate glucose dehydrogenase mean
Functions
It is used in nucleotide sugars metabolism as an activated form of glucose as a substrate for enzymes called glucosyltransferases.
It is a precursor of glycogen and can be converted into UDP-galactose and UDP-glucuronic acid, which can then be used as substrates by the enzymes that make polysaccharides containing galactose and glucuronic acid.
UDP-glucose can also be used as a precursor of sucrose lipopolysaccharides, and glycosphingolipids.
Components
UDP-glucose consists of the pyrophosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, glucose, and the nucleobase uracil.
References
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