uridine phosphate

5'-Uridylic acid. A uracil nucleotide containing one phosphate group esterified to the sugar moiety in the 2', 3' or 5' position. Uridine 5'-monophosphate (Uridylic acid) is a nucleotide that is found in RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside uridine. UMP consists of the phosphate group, the pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase uracil.

L-Uridine is the enantiomer of D-uridine, a nucleoside that acts as a phosphate acceptor for nucleoside phosphotransferase, in the normal RNA component of a normal RNA isolated from Polyporaceae fungus Poria cocos (Schw.) L-Uridine has potential antiviral activity.

Uridine 5′-triphosphate tris salt (Uridine 5'-triphosphoric acid) is an agonist to the P2Y receptor and has been used to study concentrations of intracellular Ca2+, as well as a phosphate donor for in vitro kinase assays.