Uridine Diphosphate Glucose

**Definition:** 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.

**Tree numbers:** - D03.383.742.686.850.600.677.350 - D09.408.620.569.727.350 - D13.695.740.850.600.677.350 - D13.695.827.708.727.350 - D13.695.827.919.600.677.350

**Synonyms:** - UDP Glucose - UDPG - Uridine Diphosphoglucose