A key intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism. Serves as a precursor of glycogen, can be metabolized into UDPgalactose and UDPglucuronic acid which can then be incorporated into polysaccharides as galactose and glucuronic acid. Also serves as a precursor of sucrose lipopolysaccharides, and glycosphingolipids.
Also Known As:
UDP Glucose; Diphosphate Glucose, Uridine; Diphosphoglucose, Uridine; Glucose, UDP; Glucose, Uridine Diphosphate; UDPG; Uridine Diphosphoglucose; Uridine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate), P'-alpha-D-glucopyranosyl ester