Thymidine triphosphate
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5-Methyluridine triphosphate or m5UTP is one of five nucleoside triphosphate
s. It is the ribonucleoside
triphosphate of thymidine
, but the 5-methyluridine nomenclature is used because the term thymidine triphosphate
is used for the deoxyribonucleoside
by convention.
Nucleoside triphosphate
Nucleoside triphosphate is a nucleoside with three phosphates. Natural nucleoside triphosphates include adenosine triphosphate , guanosine triphosphate , cytidine triphosphate , 5-methyluridine triphosphate , and uridine triphosphate . These terms refer to those nucleoside triphosphates that...
s. It is the ribonucleoside
Ribonucleoside
A ribonucleoside is a type of nucleoside including ribose as a component.An example is cytidine....
triphosphate of thymidine
Thymidine
Thymidine is a chemical compound, more precisely a pyrimidine deoxynucleoside. Deoxythymidine is the DNA nucleoside T, which pairs with deoxyadenosine in double-stranded DNA...
, but the 5-methyluridine nomenclature is used because the term thymidine triphosphate
Thymidine triphosphate
5-Methyluridine triphosphate or m5UTP is one of five nucleoside triphosphates. It is the ribonucleoside triphosphate of thymidine, but the 5-methyluridine nomenclature is used because the term thymidine triphosphate is used for the deoxyribonucleoside by convention.-References:...
is used for the deoxyribonucleoside
Deoxyribonucleoside
A deoxyribonucleoside is a type of nucleoside including deoxyribose as a component.An example is deoxycytidine....
by convention.