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unusual facts about Uridine


Uridine

Uridine is one of the four basic components of ribonucleic acid (RNA); the other three are adenosine, guanosine, and cytidine.


Nucleotide salvage

Uridine phosphorylase adds ribose-1-phosphate to the free base uracil, forming uridine monophosphate.

Pseudouridine

Pseudouridine (abbreviated by the Greek letter psi- Ψ) is the C-glycoside isomer of the nucleoside uridine, and it is the most prevalent of the over one hundred different modified nucleosides found in RNA.


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