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URIDINE diphosphate glucose (UDPG) has been found to act as glucose donor in a number of enzymatic reactions, such as glucoside formation in plants1 and in locust2, sucrose and starch synthesis in plants3,4 and glycogen formation in mammals5.
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TRIVELLONI, J., RECONDO, E. & CARDINI, C. Adenosine Diphosphate Glucose and Glucoside Biosynthesis. Nature 195, 1202 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1951202a0
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