Details of Metabolite

General Information of MET (ID: META00243)
Name Uracil
Synonyms   Click to Show/Hide Synonyms of This Metabolite
2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione; 2,4-Dihydroxypyrimidine; 2,4-Dioxopyrimidine; 2,4-Pyrimidinediol; 2,4-Pyrimidinedione; Hybar X; Pirod; Pyrod; U; Ura; Urazil
Source Endogenous;Escherichia Coli Metabolite;Yeast Metabolite;Food;Carcinogenic Potency;Drug;Cosmetic;TCM Ingredients;Microbial
Structure Type   Pyrimidines and pyrimidine derivatives  (Click to Show/Hide the Complete Structure Type Hierarchy)
Organoheterocyclic compounds
Diazines
Pyrimidines and pyrimidine derivatives
PubChem CID
1174
HMDB ID
HMDB0000300
Formula
C4H4N2O2
Structure
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KEGG ID
C00106
DrugBank ID
DB03419
ChEBI ID
17568
FooDB ID
FDB006426
ChemSpider ID
1141
METLIN ID
258
Physicochemical Properties Molecular Weight 112.09 Topological Polar Surface Area 58.2
XlogP -1.1 Complexity 161
Heavy Atom Count 8 Rotatable Bond Count N.A.
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count 2 Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count 2
Function
Uracil is a common naturally occurring pyrimidine found in RNA, it base pairs with adenine and is replaced by thymine in DNA. Methylation of uracil produces thymine. Uracil's use in the body is to help carry out the synthesis of many enzymes necessary for cell function through bonding with riboses and phosphates. Uracil serves as allosteric regulator and coenzyme for many important biochemical reactions. UDP and UTP regulate CPSase II activity in animals. UDP-glucose regulates the conversion of glucose to galactose in the liver and other tissues in the process of carbohydrate metabolism. Uracil is also involved in the biosynthesis of polysaccharides and the transportation of sugars containing aldehydes. Uracil is found to be associated with argininemia and carbamoyl phosphate synthetase deficiency, which are inborn errors of metabolism.
Regulatory Network
Full List of Protein(s) Regulating This Metabolite
      Hydrolases (EC 3)
            Sulfatase sulf-1 (SULF1) Click to Show/Hide the Full List of Regulating Pair(s):   1 Pair(s)
               Detailed Information Protein   Info click to show the details of this protein
               Regulating Pair Experim Info click to show the details of experiment for validating this pair [1]
                      Introduced Variation Knockdown (shRNA) of SULF1
                      Induced Change Uracil concentration: decrease (FC = 0.58)
                      Summary Introduced Variation         Induced Change 
                      Disease Status Ovarian cancer [ICD-11: 2C73]
                      Details It is reported that knockdown of SULF1 leads to the decrease of uracil levels compared with control group.
      Lyases (EC 4)
            Cystathionine gamma-lyase (CTH) Click to Show/Hide the Full List of Regulating Pair(s):   1 Pair(s)
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               Regulating Pair Experim Info click to show the details of experiment for validating this pair [2]
                      Introduced Variation Knockout of Cth
                      Induced Change Uracil concentration: increase (FC = 2.80)
                      Summary Introduced Variation         Induced Change 
                      Disease Status Organic acid disorderss [ICD-11: 5C50]
                      Details It is reported that knockout of Cth leads to the increase of uracil levels compared with control group.
            Selenocysteine lyase (SCLY) Click to Show/Hide the Full List of Regulating Pair(s):   1 Pair(s)
               Detailed Information Protein   Info click to show the details of this protein
               Regulating Pair Experim Info click to show the details of experiment for validating this pair [3]
                      Introduced Variation Knockout of Scly
                      Induced Change Uracil concentration: decrease
                      Summary Introduced Variation         Induced Change 
                      Disease Status Healthy individual
                      Details It is reported that knockout of Scly leads to the decrease of uracil levels compared with control group.
      Pore-forming PNC peptide (PNC)
            Cellular tumor antigen p53 (TP53) Click to Show/Hide the Full List of Regulating Pair(s):   1 Pair(s)
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               Regulating Pair Experim Info click to show the details of experiment for validating this pair [4]
                      Introduced Variation Knockout of TP53
                      Induced Change Uracil concentration: decrease (Log2 FC=0.5)
                      Summary Introduced Variation         Induced Change 
                      Disease Status Colon cancer [ICD-11: 2B90]
                      Details It is reported that knockout of TP53 leads to the decrease of uracil levels compared with control group.
References
1 Erratum to: Loss of HSulf-1 promotes altered lipid metabolism in ovarian cancer. Cancer Metab. 2014 Nov 4;2:24.
2 Hydrogen Sulfide Is a Regulator of Hemoglobin Oxygen-Carrying Capacity via Controlling 2,3-BPG Production in Erythrocytes. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2021 Feb 13;2021:8877691.
3 Combined Omics Reveals That Disruption of the Selenocysteine Lyase Gene Affects Amino Acid Pathways in Mice. Nutrients. 2019 Oct 26;11(11):2584.
4 Integrative omics analysis of p53-dependent regulation of metabolism. FEBS Lett. 2018 Feb;592(3):380-393.

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