uracil (U)

Introduction

Pyrimidine base. One of four common bases found in RNA. Uracil also occurs as a DNA deamination product of deoxycytidine after excision by DNA glycosylase.

More general terms

• pyrimidone

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=1174
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5274267