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IUPAC name 2,4,5-Pyrimidinetriol | |
Other names 5-Hydroxy-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione | |
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ECHA InfoCard | 100.007.119 |
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Chemical formula | C4H4N2O3 |
Molar mass | 128.087 g·mol |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C , 100 kPa). Infobox references |
5-Hydroxyuracil is an oxidized form of cytosine that is produced by the oxidative deamination of cytosines by reactive oxygen species. It does not distort the DNA molecule and is bypassed by replicative DNA polymerases. It can miscode for adenine and is potentially mutagenic.
References
- Varatharasa Thiviyanathan; Anoma Somasunderam; David E. Volka & David G. Gorenstein (2005). "5-Hydroxyuracil can form stable base pairs with all four bases in a DNA duplex". Chem. Commun. (3): 400–402. doi:10.1039/B414474K. PMID 15645051.
- Helmut Greim; Richard J. Albertini (2012). The Cellular Response to the Genotoxic Insult: The Question of Threshold for Genotoxic Carcinogens. Royal Society of Chemistry. ISBN 9781849731775. Retrieved July 20, 2015.