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a: 11.938 Å
b: 12.376 Å
c: 3.655 Å
α (alpha): 90.00 °
β (beta): 120.90 °
γ (gamma): 90.00 °
Volume: 463.36 Å3
Space group: P21/a
Temperature: 25.0 °C
R(F): 4.5000
Common name: Uracil
Keyword: RNA
Keyword: pyrimidine
CSD refcode: URACIL
Short description: Uracil is one of the four bases of the nucleic acid RNA.
Layman's explanation: Uracil is an organic base of the pyrimidine family and one of the four bases of the nucleic acid RNA. Uracil is important in genetic translation. As a base of RNA, uracil always pairs with its purine complement, adenine. It was isolated from herring sperm and also produced in a laboratory in 1900–1901. When combined with the sugar ribose in a glycosidic linkage, uracil forms a derivative called uridine. The nucleotide derivatives of uracil perform important functions in cellular metabolism, particularly in carbohydrate metabolism.
Lab name: Common molecules
Sample provider: Obtained courtesy of the Cambridge Structural Database
Status: Complete, visible to public
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Repository Files:
52005.cif 52005.crt 52005.pdb 52005.sdt
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