Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Guanosine is a purine nucleoside comprising guanine attached to a ribose (ribofuranose) ring via a β-N9-glycosidic bond. Guanosine can be phosphorylated to become guanosine monophosphate (GMP) cyclic guanosine monophosphate (cGMP) guanosine diphosphate (GDP) and guanosine triphosphate (GTP). These forms play important roles in various biochemical processes such as synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins photosynthesis muscle contraction and intracellular signal transduction (cGMP).
