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1,3-Diazine; a heterocyclic substance, the formal parent of several “bases” present in nucleic acid s (uracil, thymine, cytosine) as well as of the barbiturates.
- p. 5′-nucleotidase an enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of a p.-nucleoside 5′-monophosphate to produce orthophosphate and the p. nucleoside; a deficiency of this enzyme results in accumulation of p. nucleotides leading to hemolytic anemia.
- p. transferase SYN: thiamin pyridinylase.
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py·rim·i·dine pī-'rim-ə-.dēn, pə- n
1) a weakly basic organic compound C4H2N2 of penetrating odor that is composed of a single six-membered ring having four carbon atoms with nitrogen atoms in positions one and three
2) a derivative of pyrimidine having its characteristic ring structure esp a base (as cytosine, thymine, or uracil) that is a constituent of DNA or RNA
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a nitrogen-containing compound with a ring molecular structure. The commonest pyrimidines are cytosine, thymine, and uracil, which form the nucleotide of nucleic acids.
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py·rim·i·dine (pə-rimґĭ-dēn) an organic compound, a metadiazine, C4H4N2, which is the fundamental form of the pyrimidine bases. These are mostly oxy or amino derivatives, for example, 2,4-dioxypyrimidine is uracil, 2-oxy-4-aminopyrimidine is cytosine, and 2,4-dioxy-5-methylpyrimidine is thymine, all of which are constituents of nucleic acid. See illustration of purine and pyrimidine bases, under base.Medical dictionary. 2011.