Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
UTP Pronunciation:
'yü-'tE-'pE Function:
noun : a phosphorylated nucleosideC
9H
15N
2O
15P
3 of uridine that is formed by the phosphorylation of uridylic acid and that reacts with glucose-1-phosphate to yield uridinediphosphate glucose in the biosynthetic pathway of glycogen called also
uridine triphosphate