Uridine Diphosphate Galactose
"Uridine Diphosphate Galactose" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A nucleoside diphosphate sugar which can be epimerized into UDPglucose for entry into the mainstream of carbohydrate metabolism. Serves as a source of galactose in the synthesis of lipopolysaccharides, cerebrosides, and lactose.
| Descriptor ID |
D014531
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.686.850.600.677.300 D09.408.620.569.727.300 D13.695.740.850.600.677.300 D13.695.827.708.727.300 D13.695.827.919.600.677.300
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| Concept/Terms |
Uridine Diphosphate Galactose- Uridine Diphosphate Galactose
- Diphosphate Galactose, Uridine
- Galactose, Uridine Diphosphate
- UDPGal
- Uridine Pyrophosphogalactose
- Pyrophosphogalactose, Uridine
- UDP Galactose
- Galactose, UDP
- Uridine Diphosphogalactose
- Diphosphogalactose, Uridine
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Hall ET, Yan JP, Melan?on P, Kuchta RD. 3'-Azido-3'-deoxythymidine potently inhibits protein glycosylation. A novel mechanism for AZT cytotoxicity. J Biol Chem. 1994 May 20; 269(20):14355-8.