UDP-alpha-D-xylose

Term ID

CHEBI:16082

Synonyms

• Udp xylose
• UDP-alpha-D-xylose
• UDP-D-xylose
• UDP-xylose
• UDPxylose
• Uridine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate), P'-alpha-D-xylopyranosyl ester
• uridine 5'-[3-(alpha-D-xylopyranosyl) dihydrogen diphosphate]
• Uridine diphosphate xylose
• URIDINE-5'-DIPHOSPHATE-XYLOPYRANOSE

Definition

A UDP-sugar having α-xylose as the sugar component. It is an important metabolite in the nucleotide sugar metabolism in animals, plants, fungi, and bacteria.

References

• cas:3616-06-6
• hmdb:HMDB0001018
• kegg.compound:C00190
• kegg.glycan:G10613
• pdb-ccd:UDX
• pubmed:12481102
• pubmed:20847005
• pubmed:22008417
• pubmed:23053089
• pubmed:24561591
• reaxys:101812

Ontology

ChEBI  ( EBI )

Resources

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