Cytidine triphosphate | chemical compound | Britannica (original) (raw)

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relation to cytosine

• In cytosine
  Cytidine triphosphate (CTP), an ester of cytidine and triphosphoric acid, is the substance utilized in the cells to introduce cytidylic acid units into ribonucleic acids. CTP also reacts with nitrogen-containing alcohols to form coenzymes that participate in the formation of phospholipids.
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role in metabolism

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  In metabolism: Pyrimidine ribonucleotides
  …pyrimidine building block of RNA, cytidine triphosphate (CTP). In bacteria, the nitrogen for this in reaction [74] is derived from ammonia; in higher animals, glutamine is the nitrogen donor.
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