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Guanosine Diphosphate Fucose MeSH Descriptor Data 2026


MeSH Heading
Guanosine Diphosphate Fucose
Tree Number(s)
D03.633.100.759.646.454.340.350.400
D09.408.620.569.400.410
D13.695.667.454.340.350.400
D13.695.827.426.340.350.400
D13.695.827.708.400.410
Unique ID
D006154
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D006154
Annotation
/biosyn /‌physiol permitted
Scope Note
A nucleoside diphosphate sugar formed from GDPmannose, which provides fucose for lipopolysaccharides of bacterial cell walls, and for blood group substances and other glycoproteins.
Entry Term(s)
GDP Fucose
Guanosine Diphosphofucose
Registry Numbers
15839-70-0
CAS Type 1 Name
Guanosine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate), P'-(6-deoxy-beta-L-galactopyranosyl) ester
Previous Indexing
Fucose (1973-1974)
Guanine Nucleotides (1973-1974)
Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars (1973-1974)
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS 1975-90
History Note
91(75); was see under NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE SUGARS 1975-90
Date Introduced
1991/01/01
Last Updated
2016/05/31
Guanosine Diphosphate Fucose Preferred
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