5-bromouracil (CHEBI:20552)

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ChEBI Name	5-bromouracil

ChEBI ID	CHEBI:20552

Definition	A pyrimidine having keto groups at the 2- and 4-positions and a bromo group at the 5-position. Used mainly as an experimental mutagen.

Stars	This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team.

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Formula

C4H3BrN2O2

Net Charge

Average Mass

190.98300

Monoisotopic Mass

189.93779

InChI

InChI=1S/C4H3BrN2O2/c5-2-1-6-4(9)7-3(2)8/h1H,(H2,6,7,8,9)

InChIKey

LQLQRFGHAALLLE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES

Brc1c[nH]c(=O)[nH]c1=O

Roles Classification
Biological Role(s):	mutagen An agent that increases the frequency of mutations above the normal background level, usually by interacting directly with DNA and causing it damage, including base substitution.

ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing	5-bromouracil (CHEBI:20552) has functional parent uracil (CHEBI:17568) 5-bromouracil (CHEBI:20552) has role mutagen (CHEBI:25435) 5-bromouracil (CHEBI:20552) is a nucleobase analogue (CHEBI:67142) 5-bromouracil (CHEBI:20552) is a pyrimidines (CHEBI:39447)

IUPAC Name

5-bromopyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione

Synonyms	Sources
1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5-bromo-2,4-pyrimidinedione	NIST Chemistry WebBook
5-bromo-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione	NIST Chemistry WebBook
5-BrU	ChemIDplus
5-BU	ChemIDplus
bromouracil	ChemIDplus

Last Modified

12 June 2017