Cytidine-5'-triphosphate disodium dihydrate  (Synonyms: Cytidine triphosphate disodium dihydrate; 5'-CTP disodium dihydrate)

Cytidine-5'-triphosphate disodium dihydrate (5'-CTP disodium dihydrate) is a molecule of high energy, and acts as a coenzyme in glycerophospholipid biosynthesis and protein glycosylation^[1][2][3].

563.15

C₉H₁₈N₃Na₂O₁₆P₃

81012-87-5

Solid

White to off-white

O[C@H]1[C@@H](O)[C@H](N2C(N=C(N)C=C2)=O)O[C@@H]1COP(OP(OP(O)(O[Na])=O)(O[Na])=O)(O)=O.O.O

Room temperature in continental US; may vary elsewhere.

-20°C, protect from light

*In solvent : -80°C, 6 months; -20°C, 1 month (protect from light)

• [1]. Boghaei DM, et al. Spectrophotometric studies of molecular complex formation between water-soluble cobalt(II) Schiff base complex and nucleotides in mixed solvent systems. Spectrochim Acta A Mol Biomol Spectrosc. 2005;61(13-14):3061-3065.  [Content Brief]

  [2]. Wang L, et al. Dietary uridine-5'-monophosphate supplementation increases potassium-evoked dopamine release and promotes neurite outgrowth in aged rats. J Mol Neurosci. 2005;27(1):137-145.  [Content Brief]

  [3]. Shames SL, Simon ES, Christopher CW, et al. CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase of Escherichia coli: high level expression, purification and use in the enzymatic synthesis of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid and CMP-neuraminic acid derivatives. Glycobiology. 1991;1(2):187-191.  [Content Brief]