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.
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