ho5URA – 5-hydroxyuracil

Name
WID ho5URA View in model
Name 5-hydroxyuracil View in model
Traditional name 5-hydroxyuracil
IUPAC name 5-hydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-2,4-dione
Cross references ChEBI: 29115, PubChem: 8146721
 
Classification
Type modified_nucleobase View in model
 
Structure
Empirical formula (pH 7.5) H4C4N2O3
SMILES (pH 7.5) N1C=C(C(=O)NC1=O)O
Charge (pH 7.5) 0
Is hydrophobic False View in model
Molecular weight (Da) 128.09 View in model
van der Waals volume 
(pH 7.5; Å3 molecule‑1)		 97.23
logP -1.10
logD (pH 7.5) -1.12
 
Function
Reaction participant View in model
 
Comments
Comments 6 lesions per 10^6 bases [PUB_0479]; recognized by endonuclease III, FPG, UNG [PUB_0473]
References

  1. Guetens G, De Boeck G, Highley M, van Oosterom AT, de Bruijn EA. Oxidative DNA damage: biological significance and methods of analysis. Crit Rev Clin Lab Sci 39, 331-457 (2002). WholeCell: PUB_0479, PubMed: 12385502

  2. Hatahet Z, Kow YW, Purmal AA, Cunningham RP, Wallace SS. New substrates for old enzymes. 5-Hydroxy-2'-deoxycytidine and 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxyuridine are substrates for Escherichia coli endonuclease III and formamidopyrimidine DNA N-glycosylase, while 5-hydroxy-2'-deoxyuridine is a substrate for uracil DNA N-glycosylase. J Biol Chem 269, 18814-20 (1994). WholeCell: PUB_0473, PubMed: 8034633
 
Metadata
Created 2012-10-01 15:07:01
Last updated 2012-10-01 15:12:16