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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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 glucose (uracil-diphosphate glucose, UDP-glucose) is a nucleotide sugar. It is involved in glycosyltransferase reactions in metabolism...
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Pseudouridine (redirect from Psi-uridine)
abbreviated by the Greek letter psi- Ψ) is an isomer of the nucleoside uridine in which the uracil is attached via a carbon-carbon instead of a nitrogen-carbon...
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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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In enzymology, an uridine kinase (EC 2.7.1.48) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction ATP + uridine ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } ADP...
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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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Uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid Names IUPAC name 3-[(5′-Deoxyuridin-5′-yl)oxy]-1,3-dihydroxy-1,3-dioxo-1λ5,3λ5-diphosphoxan-1-yl α-D-glucopyranosiduronic...
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In enzymology, an uridine phosphorylase (EC 2.4.2.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction uridine + phosphate ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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Uridine diphosphate galactose (UDP-galactose) is an intermediate in the production of polysaccharides. It is important in nucleotide sugars metabolism...
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Bromodeoxyuridine (redirect from 5-bromo-2-deoxy-uridine)
Bromodeoxyuridine (5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine, BrdU, BUdR, BrdUrd, broxuridine) is a synthetic nucleoside analogue with a chemical structure similar to thymidine...
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Glucuronosyltransferase (redirect from Uridine diphosphate glucuronyltransferase)
Uridine 5'-diphospho-glucuronosyltransferase (UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, UGT) is a microsomal glycosyltransferase (EC 2.4.1.17) that catalyzes the transfer...
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tRNA-uridine aminocarboxypropyltransferase (EC 2.5.1.25) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction S-adenosyl-L-methionine + tRNA uridine ⇌ {\displaystyle...
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(ATP), guanosine triphosphate (GTP), cytidine triphosphate (CTP), and uridine triphosphate (UTP)—throughout the cell for the many cellular functions...
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sequencing of the UMPS gene. Treatment is administration of uridine monophosphate (UMP) or uridine triacetate (which is converted to UMP). These medications...
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UDP glucuronosyltransferase 1 family, polypeptide A1 (redirect from Bilirubin uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase)
is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UGT1A1 gene. UGT-1A is a uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, UDPGT)...
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the body. Uracil becomes uridine, uridine monophosphate (UMP), uridine diphosphate (UDP), uridine triphosphate (UTP), and uridine diphosphate glucose (UDP-glucose)...
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allowing room for new cell growth. Salicylic acid inhibits the oxidation of uridine-5-diphosphoglucose (UDPG) competitively with NADH and noncompetitively...
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Sugar beet (section Uridine)
syrup, much like high-fructose corn syrup, or isoglucose syrup in the EU. Uridine can be isolated from sugar beet. BP and Associated British Foods plan to...
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nucleosides include cytidine, uridine, and thymidine. The synthesis of any pyrimidine nucleotide begins with the formation of uridine. This reaction requires...
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Uridine diphosphate N-acetylglucosamine or UDP-GlcNAc is a nucleotide sugar and a coenzyme in metabolism. It is used by glycosyltransferases to transfer...
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Glucosaminylgalactosylglucosylceramide beta-galactosyltransferase (redirect from Uridine, diphosphogalactose-acetyl-glucosaminylgalactosylglucosylceramide, galactosyltransferase)
3-beta-D-galactosyltransferase. Other names in common use include uridine, diphosphogalactose-acetyl-glucosaminylgalactosylglucosylceramide, galactosyltransferase...
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5'-nucleotidase (redirect from Uridine 5'-nucleotidase)
5′-nucleotidase Systematic Name: 5′-ribonucleotide phosphohydrolase Synonyms: uridine 5′-nucleotidase, 5′-adenylic phosphatase, adenosine 5'-phosphatase, AMP...
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the nucleoside uridine. Uridine kinase (aka uridine–cytidine kinase) can then phosphorylate the 5’-carbon of this nucleoside into uridine monophosphate...
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Uridine phosphorylase 1 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UPP1 gene. It belongs to the uridine phosphorylase enzyme family. UPP1 has been shown...
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