Uridine (symbol U or Urd) is a glycosylated pyrimidine analog containing uracil attached to a ribose ring (or more specifically, a ribofuranose) via a...
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Uridine monophosphate (UMP), also known as 5′-uridylic acid (conjugate base uridylate), is a nucleotide that is used as a monomer in RNA. It is an ester...
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Uridine diphosphate, abbreviated UDP, is a nucleotide diphosphate. It is an ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside uridine. UDP consists of the...
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Uridine-5′-triphosphate (UTP) is a pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate, consisting of the organic base uracil linked to the 1′ carbon of the ribose sugar...
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In enzymology, an uridine nucleosidase (EC 3.2.2.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction uridine + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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Uridine triacetate (INN), formerly known as vistonuridine, is an orally active tri-acetylated prodrug of uridine used: in the treatment of hereditary orotic...
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Uridine diphosphate glucose (uracil-diphosphate glucose, UDP-glucose) is a nucleotide sugar. It is involved in glycosyltransferase reactions in metabolism...
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The enzyme Uridine monophosphate synthase (EC 4.1.1.23, UMPS) (orotate phosphoribosyl transferase and orotidine-5'-decarboxylase) catalyses the formation...
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Uridine diphosphate N-acetylgalactosamine or UDP-GalNAc is a nucleotide sugar composed of uridine diphosphate (UDP) and N-acetyl galactosamine (GalNAc)...
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Glycogenin (redirect from Uridine diphosphoglucose protein transglucosylase I)
Glycogenin is an enzyme involved in converting glucose to glycogen. It acts as a primer, by polymerizing the first few glucose molecules, after which other...
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