dihydrouridine

Physiology

• modified pyrimidine ribonucleoside found in the D-loop of most tRNAs
• synthesis catalyzed by tRNA-dihydrouridine synthase 4-like (DUS4L)

Laboratory

• 5,6-dihydrouridine in CSF
• 5,6-dihydrouridine in serum/plasma
• 5,6-dihydrouridine in urine

More general terms

• ribonucleoside
• pyrimidine nucleoside

Additional terms

• 5,6-dihydrouracil

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=94312