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Preferred Name

Uridine Diphosphate Glucose

Definitions
A key intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism. Serves as a precursor of glycogen, can be metabolized into UDPgalactose and UDPglucuronic acid which can then be incorporated into polysaccharides as galactose and glucuronic acid. Also serves as a precursor of sucrose lipopolysaccharides, and glycosphingolipids.
Synonyms
Uridine Diphosphoglucose
Diphosphate Glucose, Uridine
UDPG
Diphosphoglucose, Uridine
UDP Glucose
Uridine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate), P'-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl ester
Glucose, UDP
Glucose, Uridine Diphosphate
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