Deoxythymidine monophosphate, also known as 5'-thymidylic acid, thymidylate, TMP, or less commonly dTMP, is a nucleotide that is found in DNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside thymidine. TMP consists of a phosphate group, the pentose sugar deoxyribose, and the nucleobase thymine. [edit] See also [edit] External links | Nucleobases, nucleosides, and nucleotides | | | Nucleobases | | | Nucleosides/ (NB+pentose) | | | Nucleotides/ (NS+phosphate) | | | | | | | monophosphates ( dAMP, dGMP, dUMP, TMP, dCMP) · diphosphates ( dADP, dGDP, TDP, dCDP) · triphosphates ( dATP, dGTP, TTP, dCTP) | | | | | | | Major families of biochemicals Saccharides/Carbohydrates/Glycosides · Amino acids/Peptides/Proteins/Glycoproteins · Lipids/Terpenes/Steroids/Carotenoids · Alkaloids/Nucleobases/Nucleic acids · Cofactors/Phenylpropanoids/Polyketides/Tetrapyrroles | |
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