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uridine triphosphate

chemical compound
Also known as: UTP

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role in metabolism

  • mitochondria and cellular respiration
    In metabolism: Fragmentation of other sugars

    …reactions requiring as a coenzyme uridine triphosphate (UTP). Fructose may also be phosphorylated in animal cells through the action of hexokinase [1], in which case fructose 6-phosphate is the product, or in liver tissue via a fructokinase that gives rise to fructose 1-phosphate [17]. ATP supplies the phosphate group in…

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  • mitochondria and cellular respiration
    In metabolism: Pyrimidine ribonucleotides

    Uridine triphosphate (UTP) can be converted to the other pyrimidine building block of RNA, cytidine triphosphate (CTP). In bacteria, the nitrogen for this in reaction [74] is derived from ammonia; in higher animals, glutamine is the nitrogen donor.

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