Guanosine 5'-diphosphate disodium salt is a useful research chemical.
Guanosine-5'-diphosphate disodium salt is used to study the kinetics and characteristics of GTPases such as those associated with G-protein coupled receptors. It is also used to study cell signaling processes mediate by guanine nucleotide exchange factors.
Guanosine 5′-diphosphate (GDP) is a purine nucleotide and is interconvertible to guanosine by the action of ectonucleotidases and by nucleoside phosphorylase into guanine. GDP is majorly acted upon by 5′‐ectonucleotidases in neuronal cells.
Guanosine based nucleosides play a key role in multiple cellular processes and generation growth factors. Elevated levels of guanosine 5′-diphosphate (GDP) is associated with the pathogenesis of neurological disorders. GDP is bound to G protein . G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) activate G proteins by exchanging the bound GDP to GTP. GDP is potent inhibitor agent of hepcidin- ferroportin complex and may be effective for promoting erythropoiesis and treating anemia of inflammation(AI).
