Chemicals and Drugs

Guanosine Tetraphosphate

Guanosine 5'-diphosphate 2'(3')-diphosphate. A guanine nucleotide containing four phosphate groups. Two phosphate groups are esterified to the sugar moiety in the 5' position and the other two in the 2' or 3' position. This nucleotide serves as a messenger to turn off the synthesis of ribosomal RNA when amino acids are not available for protein synthesis. Synonym: magic spot I.

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Guanosine 5'-diphosphate 2'(3')-diphosphate. A guanine nucleotide containing four phosphate groups. Two phosphate groups are esterified to the sugar moiety in the 5' position and the other two in the 2' or 3' position. This nucleotide serves as a messenger to turn off the synthesis of ribosomal RNA when amino acids are not available for protein synthesis. Synonym: magic spot I.

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  • Alarmone ppGpp
  • Bacterial Magic Spot ppGpp
  • Guanosine 3'-Diphosphate 5'-Diphosphate
  • Guanosine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate), mono(trihydrogen diphosphate) (ester)
  • Guanosine 5'-Diphosphate 3'-Diphosphate
  • Guanosine 5'-diphosphate 2'(3')-diphosphate
  • ppGpp
  • 3'-Diphosphate 5'-Diphosphate, Guanosine
  • 5'-Diphosphate 3'-Diphosphate, Guanosine
  • Guanosine 3' Diphosphate 5' Diphosphate
  • Guanosine 5' Diphosphate 3' Diphosphate
  • Tetraphosphate, Guanosine
  • ppGpp, Alarmone

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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History Note

91(78); was see under GUANINE NUCLEOTIDES 1978-90

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  • Guanine Nucleotides (1966-1977)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Guanosine Tetraphosphate. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D006159. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D006159
  2. Guanosine Tetraphosphate. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76817993