CYTIDINE DIPHOSPHATE

'Cytidine diphosphate'
Chemical name	Cytidine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate)
Chemical formula	C9H15N3O11P2
Molecular mass	403.18 g/mol
CAS number	34393-59-4
SMILES	O[C@H]1[C@H]([C@H](N2C= CC(N)=NC2=O)O[C@@H]1 COP(O)(OP(O)(O)=O)=O)O
Chemical structure of deprotonated CDP

'Cytidine diphosphate', abbreviated 'CDP', is a nucleotide. It is an ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside cytidine. CDP consists of the pyrophosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase cytosine.

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★ Nucleoside

★ Nucleotide

★ DNA

★ RNA

★ Oligonucleotide

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