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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:
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Vinony's link graph records 48 inbound references to dihydrouracil, and connects out to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, deoxyribonucleotide and digital object identifier.
It sits within the topics Chembox image size set, ECHA InfoCard ID from Wikidata and Nucleobases.
Vinony links it to 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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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- See also
- References
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.