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Medical Definition of Orotic acid

1. Intermediate in the de novo synthesis of pyrimidines. Linked glycosidically to ribose 5' phosphate, orotate forms the pyrimidine nucleotide orotidylate, that on decarboxylation at position 5 of the pyrimidine ring yields the major nucleotide uridylate (uridine 5' phosphate). This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Orotic Acid

Orontium aquaticum oropesa oropesas oropharyngeal oropharyngeal oropharyngeal membrane oropharyngeal passage oropharynges oropharynx oropharynx

oropharynxes orophilic orosomucoid orotate orotate phosphoribosyltransferase orotic acid (current term) orotic aciduria orotidine orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase orotidine 5'-monophosphate

orotidinuria orotidylate orotidylic acid orotidylic acid decarboxylase orotidylic acid phosphorylase orotidylic acid pyrophosphorylase orotracheal intubation orotracheal tube orotund orotundities

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