Molecular Formula: C
15H
24N
2O
17P
2 Molecular Weight: 566.301784
InChIKey: HSCJRCZFDFQWRP-JZMIEXBBSA-N
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.
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