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Thymidine monophosphate
Thymidine monophosphate
, also known as
5'-thymidylate
,
thymidylate
, or
dTMP
, is a
nucleotide
that is used as a
monomer
in
DNA
. It is an
ester
of
phosphoric acid
with the
nucleoside
thymidine
. dTMP consists of a
phosphate
group
, the
pentose
sugar
deoxyribose
, and the
nucleobase
thymine
. Unlike the other
deoxyribonucleotides
, thymidine monophosphate does not contain the "deoxy" prefix in its name; nevertheless, its symbol includes a "d" ("dTMP"). As a
substituent
, it takes the form of the prefix
thymidylyl-
.
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