Preferred Name

Pyrimidine
Synonyms
Definitions

One of two classes of heterocyclic nitrogenous bases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA: in DNA the pyrimidines are cytosine and thymine, in RNA uracil replaces thymine.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C789

ALT_DEFINITION

One of two chemical compounds that cells use to make the building blocks of DNA and RNA. Examples of pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine, and uracil. Cytosine and thymine are used to make DNA and cytosine and uracil are used to make RNA.

CAS_Registry

289-95-2

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:16898

code

C789

Contributing_Source

FDA

definition

One of two classes of heterocyclic nitrogenous bases found in the nucleic acids DNA and RNA: in DNA the pyrimidines are cytosine and thymine, in RNA uracil replaces thymine.

FDA_UNII_Code

K8CXK5Q32L

in_subset

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C63923

label

Pyrimidine

Legacy Concept Name

Pyrimidine

Preferred_Name

Pyrimidine

prefixIRI

NCIT:C789

prefLabel

Pyrimidine

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

UMLS_CUI

C0034289

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C542

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