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Pyrimidines

Pyrimidines are six-sided rings present as bases in nucleic acids.

They include cytosine, thymine, and uracil.

• Introduction
• Function
• Interactions and Signalling
• Drugs that Target
• Role in Disease
• Structure
• Gene and Processing

Introduction

Function

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Interactions and Signalling

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Drugs that Target

• 5-fluorouracil is an anti-cancer dtug that inhibits pyrimidine synthesis
• methotrexate inhibits folic acid metabolism into thymine

 

Role in Disease

• if any

Structure

• template

Gene and Processing

• PubMed ref: here
• other info