MOLECULE

Thymidine 5'-triphosphate

Thymidine 5'-triphosphate, also known as TTP or DTHD5'ppp, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as pyrimidine 2'-deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates. These are pyrimidine nucleotides with a triphosphate group linked to the ribose moiety lacking a hydroxyl group at position 2. Thymidine 5'-triphosphate or Thymidine 5'-triphosphate is one of the four nucleoside triphosphates that make up DNA. Thymidine 5'-triphosphate is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa). Thymidine 5'-triphosphate exists in all living species, ranging from bacteria to humans. Outside of the human body, Thymidine 5'-triphosphate has been detected, but not quantified in, several different foods, such as elliott's blueberries, mamey sapotes, sesames, alliums, and sweet oranges. This could make thymidine 5'-triphosphate a potential biomarker for the consumption of these foods. Thymidine 5'-triphosphate is expected to be in Cannabis as all living plants are known to produce and metabolize it.