5-methylcytosine

chemical compound
ChemicalSubstance type_of_chemical_entity Q238563
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5-methylcytosine

Summary

5-methylcytosine is a type of chemical entity[1]. 5-methylcytosine ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • 5-methylcytosine's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • 5-methylcytosine's chemical structure is recorded as 5-Methylcytosine.svg[4].
  • 5-methylcytosine's CAS Registry Number is recorded as 554-01-8[5].
  • 5-methylcytosine's EC number is recorded as 209-058-3[6].
  • 5-methylcytosine's canonical SMILES is recorded as CC1=C(NC(=O)N=C1)N[7].
  • 5-methylcytosine's InChI is recorded as InChI=1S/C5H7N3O/c1-3-2-7-5(9)8-4(3)6/h2H,1H3,(H3,6,7,8,9)[8].
  • 5-methylcytosine's InChIKey is recorded as LRSASMSXMSNRBT-UHFFFAOYSA-N[9].
  • 5-methylcytosine's chemical formula is recorded as C₅H₇N₃O[10].
  • 5-methylcytosine's subclass of is recorded as pyrimidine[11].
  • 5-methylcytosine's part of is recorded as 5-methylcytosine catabolic process[12].
  • 5-methylcytosine's part of is recorded as 5-methylcytosine biosynthetic process[13].
  • 5-methylcytosine's part of is recorded as 5-methylcytosine metabolic process[14].
  • 5-methylcytosine's Commons category is recorded as 5-Methylcytosine[15].
  • 5-methylcytosine's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D044503[16].
  • 5-methylcytosine's has part is recorded as carbon[17].
  • 5-methylcytosine's has part is recorded as nitrogen[18].
  • 5-methylcytosine's has part is recorded as oxygen[19].
  • 5-methylcytosine's has part is recorded as hydrogen[20].
  • 5-methylcytosine's PDB structure ID is recorded as 4R85[21].
  • 5-methylcytosine's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0m8tx[22].
  • 5-methylcytosine's UNII is recorded as 6R795CQT4H[23].
  • 5-methylcytosine's ChemSpider ID is recorded as 58551[24].
  • 5-methylcytosine's PubChem CID is recorded as 65040[25].
  • 5-methylcytosine's KEGG ID is recorded as C02376[26].
  • 5-methylcytosine's MeSH tree code is recorded as D03.383.742.698.421.500[27].

Why It Matters

5-methylcytosine ranks in the top 6% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (35 views/month).[2] 5-methylcytosine has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] 5-methylcytosine is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . ChEBI. Retrieved . commonchemistry.cas.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Protein Data Bank. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Global Substance Registration System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Q2311683. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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