CHEBI:27551 - 5-methylcytosine

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ChEBI Name 5-methylcytosine ChEBI ID CHEBI:27551 Definition A pyrimidine that is a derivative of cytosine, having a methyl group at the 5-position. Stars This entity has been manually annotated by the ChEBI Team. Submitter Anonymous Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:85013, CHEBI:20608, CHEBI:2094 Supplier Information ChemicalBook:CB5154906, eMolecules:17405465, eMolecules:883847, ZINC000000394712 Download Molfile XML SDF Find compounds which contain this structure Find compounds which resemble this structure Take structure to the Advanced Search Wikipedia License 5-Methylcytosine (5mC) is a methylated form of the DNA base cytosine (C) that regulates gene transcription and takes several other biological roles. When cytosine is methylated, the DNA maintains the same sequence, but the expression of methylated genes can be altered (the study of this is part of the field of epigenetics). 5-Methylcytosine is incorporated in the nucleoside 5-methylcytidine. Read full article at Wikipedia Formula C5H7N3O Net Charge 0 Average Mass 125.12860 Monoisotopic Mass 125.05891 InChI InChI=1S/C5H7N3O/c1-3-2-7-5(9)8-4(3)6/h2H,1H3,(H3,6,7,8,9) InChIKey LRSASMSXMSNRBT-UHFFFAOYSA-N SMILES Cc1c[nH]c(=O)nc1N Roles Classification Chemical Role(s): Bronsted base A molecular entity capable of accepting a hydron from a donor (Bronsted acid). (via organic amino compound ) Biological Role(s): human metabolite Any mammalian metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in humans (Homo sapiens). View more via ChEBI Ontology ChEBI Ontology Outgoing 5-methylcytosine (CHEBI:27551) has functional parent cytosine (CHEBI:16040) 5-methylcytosine (CHEBI:27551) has role human metabolite (CHEBI:77746) 5-methylcytosine (CHEBI:27551) is a methylcytosine (CHEBI:134207) 5-methylcytosine (CHEBI:27551) is a pyrimidines (CHEBI:39447) Incoming 5-methylcytosin-1-yl group (CHEBI:65274) is substituent group from 5-methylcytosine (CHEBI:27551) IUPAC Name 4-amino-5-methylpyrimidin-2(1H)-one Synonyms Sources 4-amino-5-methyl-2(1H)-pyrimidinone ChemIDplus 4-Amino-5-methyl-2-pyrimidinol NIST Chemistry WebBook 5-Methylcytosine KEGG COMPOUND 5-methylcytosine UniProt Manual Xrefs Databases 5-Methylcytosine Wikipedia C02376 KEGG COMPOUND CPD0-2018 MetaCyc View more database links Registry Numbers Types Sources 120387 Beilstein Registry Number Beilstein 508871 Reaxys Registry Number Reaxys 554-01-8 CAS Registry Number KEGG COMPOUND 554-01-8 CAS Registry Number NIST Chemistry WebBook 554-01-8 CAS Registry Number ChemIDplus Citations Last Modified 15 June 2017