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dihydrouracil
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dihydro-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione, 2,4-Dioxotetrahydropyrimidine, 5,6-dihydrouracil, hexahydropyrimidine-2,4-dione, 1,3-diazinane-2,4-dione, Dihydro-pyrimidine-2,4-dione, 5,6-Dihydro-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione, 3,4-Dihydrouracil
Dihydrouracil is an intermediate in the catabolism of uracil. The enzyme dihydrouracil dehydrogenase (NAD+) converts uracil to dihydrouracil:
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H6N2O2
- Molecular weight
- 114.1 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,3-diazinane-2,4-dione
- SMILES
- C1CNC(=O)NC1=O
- InChIKey
- OIVLITBTBDPEFK-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- -1.1
- Polar surface area
- 58.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 114.043
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- melting point
- 279.0
- found in taxon
- Sinorhizobium meliloti
- chemical formula
- C₄H₆N₂O₂
- canonical SMILES
- C1CNC(=O)NC1=O
- Commons category
- Dihydrouracil
- subject has role
- primary metabolite
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Encyclopedic overview
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Dihydrouracil is an intermediate in the catabolism of uracil. The enzyme dihydrouracil dehydrogenase (NAD+) converts uracil to dihydrouracil:
The enzyme uses reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) as its cofactor.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “dihydrouracil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.