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Cytidine monophosphate
Cytidine monophosphate
, also known as
5'-cytidylic acid
or simply
cytidylate
, and abbreviated
CMP
, is a
nucleotide
that is used as a
monomer
in
RNA
. It is an
ester
of
phosphoric acid
with the
nucleoside
cytidine
. CMP consists of the
phosphate
group
, the
pentose
sugar
ribose
, and the
nucleobase
cytosine
; hence, a
ribonucleoside monophosphate
. As a
substituent
it takes the form of the prefix
cytidylyl-
.
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