It has a role as an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is a 2′-deoxycytidine phosphate and a pyrimidine 2′-deoxyribonucleoside 5′-monophosphate. It is a conjugate acid of a 2′-deoxycytosine 5′-monophosphate(2-). It is an enantiomer of a 2-deoxy-5-O-phosphono-beta-L-ribofuranosylcytosine.