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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