guanine (G). In RNA, uracil binds to adenine via two hydrogen bonds. In DNA, the uracil nucleobase is replaced by thymine (T). Uracil is a demethylated form...
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nucleobases found in DNA and RNA, along with adenine, guanine, and thymine (uracil in RNA). It is a pyrimidine derivative, with a heterocyclic aromatic ring...
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Uracil-DNA glycosylase (also known as UNG or UDG) is an enzyme. Its most important function is to prevent mutagenesis by eliminating uracil from DNA molecules...
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Tegafur/uracil (abbreviation: UFT) is a chemotherapy drug combination used in the treatment of cancer, primarily bowel cancer. UFT is an oral formulation...
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Uracil dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.19, uracil oxidase) is an enzyme with systematic name uracil:(acceptor) oxidoreductase. This enzyme catalyses the following...
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Uracil glycol is a major oxidation product of cytosine in DNA. It can be readily bypassed by E. coli DNA polymerase I (unlike thymine glycol) and be a...
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DNA glycosylase (section Uracil DNA glycosylases)
represents various uracil-DNA glycosylases and related DNA glycosylases (EC), such as uracil-DNA glycosylase, thermophilic uracil-DNA glycosylase, G:T/U...
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Uracil/thymine dehydrogenase (EC 1.17.99.4, uracil oxidase, uracil-thymine oxidase, uracil dehydrogenase) is an enzyme with systematic name uracil:acceptor...
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Uridine diphosphate glucose (redirect from Uracil-diphosphate glucose)
Uridine diphosphate glucose (uracil-diphosphate glucose, UDP-glucose) is a nucleotide sugar. It is involved in glycosyltransferase reactions in metabolism...
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thymine may be derived by methylation of uracil at the 5th carbon. In RNA, thymine is replaced with uracil in most cases. In DNA, thymine (T) binds to...
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