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Cytidine diphosphate
| Cytidine diphosphate | |
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| Chemical name | Cytidine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate) |
| Chemical formula | C9H15N3O11P2 |
| Molecular mass | 403.18 g/mol |
| CAS number | 34393-59-4 |
| SMILES | O[C@H]1[C@H]([C@H](N2C= CC(N)=NC2=O)O[C@@H]1 COP(O)(OP(O)(O)=O)=O)O |
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Cytidine diphosphate, abbreviated CDP, is a nucleotide. It is an ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside cytidine. CDP consists of the pyrophosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase cytosine.
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