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n. - A base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine.

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  • Adenine and guanine are fused five - and six-membered purines, while cytosine and thymine are six-membered rings called uracil (U), replaces thymine in RNA.
  • Hence, it is more efficient to quickly synthesize uracil and quickly synthesize labile RNAs.
  • RNA consists of the sugar, ribose and the four bases are adenine, guanine, cytosine and uracil.
  • uracil is cheaper to synthesize than thymine, because thymine has a methyl group that uracil lacks.
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