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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C5H6N2O3
Molecular Weight 142.1127
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of 5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)URACIL

SMILES

OCC1=CNC(=O)NC1=O

InChI

InChIKey=JDBGXEHEIRGOBU-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C5H6N2O3/c8-2-3-1-6-5(10)7-4(3)9/h1,8H,2H2,(H2,6,7,9,10)

HIDE SMILES / InChI
5-(Hydroxymethyl)uracil may be formed during the course of the two processes: oxidation/hydroxylation of thymine with resultant formation of 5-hydroxymethyluracil paired with adenine (produced by reactive oxygen species) and reacting of reactive oxygen species with 5-methylcytosine forming 5-hydroxymethylcytosine, followed by its deamination to 5-hydroxymethyluracil mispaired with guanine. Determination and quantification of hydroxymethyl uracil in urine serve as a potential biomarker of oxidative DNA damage. It was discovered, that urinary 5-hydroxymethyluracil might reflect the oxidative stress/chronic inflammation in colorectal cancer although the diagnostic performance for early-detection is moderate.

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Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Diagnostic
Unknown

Approved Use

Unknown
PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
5-Hydroxymethyluracil excretion, plasma TBARS and plasma antioxidant vitamins in adriamycin-treated patients.
1996
Definitive identification of mammalian 5-hydroxymethyluracil DNA N-glycosylase activity as SMUG1.
2001 Nov 9
Characterization of the substrate specificity of a human 5-hydroxymethyluracil glycosylase activity.
2002 Jan
The role of surface-exposed lysines in wrapping DNA about the bacterial histone-like protein HU.
2002 Jun 18
Endogenous DNA lesions can inhibit the binding of the AP-1 (c-Jun) transcription factor.
2002 Jun 25
Repair of deaminated bases in DNA.
2002 Oct 1
hUNG2 is the major repair enzyme for removal of uracil from U:A matches, U:G mismatches, and U in single-stranded DNA, with hSMUG1 as a broad specificity backup.
2002 Oct 18
Identification and characterization of mammalian 5-formyluracil-DNA glycosylase.
2003
Mammalian 5-formyluracil-DNA glycosylase. 1. Identification and characterization of a novel activity that releases 5-formyluracil from DNA.
2003 May 6
Cellular and molecular mechanisms in environmental and occupational inhalation toxicology.
2004
Radiation-induced DNA damage: formation, measurement, and biochemical features.
2004
Qualitative and quantitative analyses of the decomposition products that arise from the exposure of thymine to monochromatic ultrasoft X rays and 60Co gamma rays in the solid state.
2004 Apr
Base J, found in nuclear DNA of Trypanosoma brucei, is not a target for DNA glycosylases.
2004 Feb 3
[Hydroxymethyluracil in the correction of adverse effects caused by chemotherapy of malignant neoplasms].
2004 Jan-Feb
Ab initio base-pairing energies of an oxidized thymine product, 5-formyluracil, with standard DNA bases at the BSSE-free DFT and MP2 theory levels.
2007 May 21
Generation of thymine radicals from 6-alkoxy-5-bromo-5,6-dihydrothymine derivatives by radiolytic reduction and photolytic dehalogenation.
2008 Apr
Opposite effects of 5-hydroxymethyluracil on mitogenic response of T cells stimulated through T-cell receptor or through T-cell receptor and CD28 co-receptor molecule.
2010 Dec
Tissue distribution of 5-hydroxymethylcytosine and search for active demethylation intermediates.
2010 Dec 23
Domain swapping in allosteric modulation of DNA specificity.
2010 Dec 7
Stimulation of DNA Glycosylase Activities by XPC Protein Complex: Roles of Protein-Protein Interactions.
2010 Jul 25
Biosynthesis and molecular genetics of polyketides in marine dinoflagellates.
2010 Mar 31
Early Steps in the DNA Base Excision Repair Pathway of a Fission Yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
2010 Sep 16
Error-Prone Translesion DNA Synthesis by Escherichia coli DNA Polymerase IV (DinB) on Templates Containing 1,2-dihydro-2-oxoadenine.
2010 Sep 26
Patents

Patents

Sample Use Guides

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The effect of 5-hydroxymethyluracil (0.01-10 μg/ml) on the mitogenic response of donor peripheral blood T cells under conditions of lymphocyte stimulation through T-cell receptor (antiCD3 monoclonal antibodies) or through T-cell receptor and CD28 co-receptor molecule (antiCD3 and antiCD28 monoclonal antibodies) was studied. It was shown, that 5-hydroxymethyluracil suppressed the mitogenic response of T cells stimulated with antiCD3 antibodies, which was paralleled by an increase in the count of silent cells and decrease in the count of dividing lymphocytes, but not by stimulation of apoptosis of activated cells.
Name Type Language
5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)URACIL
Systematic Name English
5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-2,4(1H,3H)-PYRIMIDINEDIONE
Systematic Name English
5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-1,3-DIHYDROPYRIMIDINE-2,4-DIONE
Systematic Name English
OXYMETHYLURACIL, 5-
Common Name English
URACIL, 5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-
Systematic Name English
NSC-20901
Code English
2,4(1H,3H)-PYRIMIDINEDIONE, 5-(HYDROXYMETHYL)-
Systematic Name English
Code System Code Type Description
EPA CompTox
DTXSID9063455
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
224-636-5
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CHEBI
16964
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FDA UNII
590TQ3GL34
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PUBCHEM
78168
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NSC
20901
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CAS
4433-40-3
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