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URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONIC ACID
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Descriptor
English
:
Uridine Diphosphate Glucuronic Acid
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Uridina Difosfato Ácido Glucurónico
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Uridina Difosfato de Ácido Glucurônico
Synonyms
English
:
UDP Glucuronic Acid
UDPGA
Uridine Diphosphoglucuronic Acid
Tree Number:
D03.383.742.686.850.600.677.375
D09.408.620.569.727.375
D13.695.740.850.600.677.375
D13.695.827.708.727.375
D13.695.827.919.600.677.375
Definition
English
:
A nucleoside diphosphate
sugar
which serves as a source of
glucuronic acid
for polysaccharide biosynthesis. It may also be epimerized to UDP
iduronic acid
, which donates
iduronic acid
to
polysaccharides
. In
animals
, UDP
glucuronic acid
is used for formation of many glucosiduronides with various aglycones.
See Related
English
:
Glucuronides
History Note
English
:
91(75); was see under URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS 1975-90
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Record Number:
14934
Unique Identifier:
D014535
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