uracil - meaning and definition. What is uracil
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What (who) is uracil - definition

CHEMICAL COMPOUND
Uracil nucleotides; 2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione; 2,4-dihydroxypryimidine; 2,4-pyrimidinediol; 2-oxy-4-oxy pyrimidine; Uraecil; DNA glycosidae; DNA-uracil glycosidase; Uracil in DNA

uracil         
['j??r?s?l]
¦ noun Biochemistry a compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of RNA (and replaced by thymine in DNA).
Origin
C19: from ur(ea) + ac(etic) + -il.
Uracil-5-carboxylate decarboxylase         
CLASS OF ENZYMES
EC 4.1.1.66; Uracil-5-carboxylate carboxy-lyase (uracil-forming)
In enzymology, a uracil-5-carboxylate decarboxylase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
Tegafur/uracil         
CHEMOTHERAPY DRUG USED IN THE TREATMENT OF CANCER
Tegafur-Uracil; UFUR; Tegafur-uracil; Uracil/tegafur
Tegafur/uracil is a chemotherapy drug combination used in the treatment of cancer, primarily bowel cancer. It is also called UFT or UFUR.

Wikipedia

Uracil

Uracil () (symbol U or Ura) is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid RNA. The others are adenine (A), cytosine (C), and 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 of thymine.

Uracil is a common and naturally occurring pyrimidine derivative. The name "uracil" was coined in 1885 by the German chemist Robert Behrend, who was attempting to synthesize derivatives of uric acid. Originally discovered in 1900 by Alberto Ascoli, it was isolated by hydrolysis of yeast nuclein; it was also found in bovine thymus and spleen, herring sperm, and wheat germ. It is a planar, unsaturated compound that has the ability to absorb light.

Uracil that was formed extraterrestrially has been detected in the Murchison meteorite, in a near-Earth asteroid, and possibly on the surface of the moon Titan. It has been synthesized under cold laboratory conditions similar to outer space, from pyrimidine embedded in water ice and exposed to ultraviolet light.