Thymine

Thymine, also known as 5-methyluracil, is a pyrimidine nucleobase. It is found in the nucleic acid DNA. In RNA thymine is replaced with uracil in most cases. Thymine can base pair with adenine.

Related Topics:
Pyrimidine - Nucleobase - Nucleic acid - DNA - RNA - Uracil - Base pair - Adenine

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Thymine combined with deoxyribose creates the nucleoside thymidine. Thymidine can be phosphorylated with one, two or three phosphoric acid groups, creating respectively TMP, TDP or TTP (thymidine mono- di- or triphosphate).

Related Topics:
Deoxyribose - Nucleoside - Thymidine

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