Cytidine triphosphate

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Cytidine triphosphate
Identifiers
CAS number 65-47-4 YesY
PubChem 6176
ChemSpider 19952488 YesY
MeSH Cytidine+triphosphate
IUPHAR ligand 1741
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Properties
Molecular formula C9H16N3O14P3
Molar mass 483.156
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Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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Cytidine triphosphate is a pyrimidine nucleoside triphosphate.

CTP is a substrate in the synthesis of RNA.

CTP is a high-energy molecule equal to ATP, but its role in the organism is more specific than that of ATP. CTP is used as the source of energy, and as a coenzyme in metabolic reactions like the synthesis of glycerophospholipids and glycosylation of proteins.

CTP also acts as an inhibitor of the enzyme Aspartate carbamoyltransferase

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