Uridine Diphosphate Glucuronic Acid

Synonyms

Acid, UDP Glucuronic

Acid, Uridine Diphosphoglucuronic

Diphosphoglucuronic Acid, Uridine

Glucuronic Acid, UDP

UDP Glucuronic Acid

UDPGA

Uridine Diphosphoglucuronic Acid

alpha-D-Glucopyranuronic acid, 1-P'-ester with uridine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate)

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.

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