Uracil
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One can find Uracil in RNA, it base pairs with adenine and is replaced by thymine in DNA.
It was originally discovered in 1900. It was isolated by hydrolysis of yeast nuclein that was found in bovine thymus and spleen, herring sperm, and wheat germ.[1] Uracil is a planar, unsaturated compound that has the ability to absorb light.[2] It is a pyrimidine which is common and naturally occurring.[3]
[change] References
- ↑ Brown, D.J. Heterocyclic Compounds: Thy Pyrimidines. Vol 52. New York: Interscience, 1994.
- ↑ Horton, Robert H.; et al.Principles of Biochemistry. 3rd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2002.
- ↑ Garrett, Reginald H.; Grisham, Charles M. Principals of Biochemistry with a Human Focus. United States: Brooks/Cole Thomson Learning, 1997.
