MoleculeMETABOLITE RECORD

Orotidine 5'-monophosphate

The ribosylated pyrimidine nucleotide decarboxylated to UMP.

10-carbon moleculePyrimidine nucleotide synthesisHomo sapiens

REFERENCE IDENTIFIERCHEBI:16745ChEBI record

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Orotidine 5'-monophosphate is a small molecule that cells make, use, or change in connected metabolic reactions.

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Carbon backbone 10 CThis carbon count is shown where it is defined for the molecule.

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STRUCTURED REACTIONS

Orotate phosphoribosyltransferase transfers activated ribose phosphate from PRPP to orotate.

OMP decarboxylase produces UMP, the first pyrimidine nucleotide in the pathway.