Guanosine monophosphate

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Guanosine monophosphate
Chemical name 5'-Guanidylic acid
Chemical formula C₁₀H₁₄N₅O₈P
Molecular mass 363.22 g/mol
CAS number 85-32-5
SMILES O[C@HΣ[C@H]([C@H](N2C
(N=C(N)NC3=O)=C3N=C2)
O[C@@HΣCOP(O)(O)=O)O

Guanosine monophosphate, also known as 5'-guanidylic acid or guanylic acid and abbreviated GMP, is a nucleotide that is found in RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside guanosine. GMP consists of the phosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase guanine.

Guanosine monophosphate
Chemical name	5'-Guanidylic acid
Chemical formula	C₁₀H₁₄N₅O₈P
Molecular mass	363.22 g/mol
CAS number	85-32-5
SMILES	O[C@HΣ[C@H]([C@H](N2C (N=C(N)NC3=O)=C3N=C2) O[C@@HΣCOP(O)(O)=O)O

The sodium salt, disodium guanylate is a food additive used as a flavor enhancer because of its distinctive meaty taste.

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Nucleic acids [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit]
Nucleobases: Adenine \| Thymine \| Uracil \| Guanine \| Cytosine \| Purine \| Pyrimidine
Nucleosides: Adenosine \| Uridine \| Guanosine \| Cytidine \| Deoxyadenosine \| Thymidine \| Deoxyguanosine \| Deoxycytidine
Nucleotides: AMP \| UMP \| GMP \| CMP \| ADP \| UDP \| GDP \| CDP \| ATP \| UTP \| GTP \| CTP \| cAMP \| cGMP
Deoxynucleotides: dAMP \| dTMP \| dGMP \| dCMP \| dADP \| dTDP \| dGDP \| dCDP \| dATP \| dTTP \| dGTP \| dCTP
Nucleic acids: DNA \| mtDNA \| cDNA \| GNA \| RNA \| mRNA \| tRNA \| rRNA \| ncRNA \| sgRNA \| shRNA \| siRNA \| snRNA \| miRNA \| snoRNA \| LNA \| PNA \| TNA \| Oligonucleotide

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