Cytidine diphosphate
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| Surname | Cytidine diphosphate | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Molecular formula | C 9 H 15 N 3 O 11 P 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Molar mass | 403.18 g mol −1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cytidine diphosphate ( CDP ) is a nucleotide , more precisely a ribonucleotide . It is an ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside cytidine . Cytidine consists of the pyrophosphate - group , the pentose - sugar ribose , and the nucleobase cytosine .
Together with CDP-choline (cytidine diphosphate choline) it plays a role in phosphatide synthesis (e.g. for the biosynthesis of lecithin ) and in the biosynthesis of 2'-deoxycytidine-5'-diphosphate (dCDP) .
See also
- Cytidine monophosphate (CMP)
- Cytidine triphosphate (CTP)
Individual evidence
- ↑ This substance has either not yet been classified with regard to its hazardousness or a reliable and citable source has not yet been found.
- ↑ Cytidine Diphosphate Choline (Science Online)