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Guanosine monophosphate


Guanosine monophosphate
Chemical name 5'-Guanidylic acid
Chemical formula C10H14N5O8P
Molecular mass 363.22 g/mol
CAS number 85-32-5
SMILES O[C@H]1[C@H]([C@H](N2C
(N=C(N)NC3=O)=C3N=C2)
O[C@@H]1COP(O)(O)=O)O

Guanosine monophosphate, also known as 5'-guanidylic 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.

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