Thymine

Pyrimidine - back

Pyrimidine with an carbonyls on the 2,4C and methyl on the 5C

Thymine/2,4-dioxy-5-methyl pyrimidine

Fundamentals:

• Forms two Hydrogen bonds with Adenine in DNA

Types:

• Nitrogenous Base - Thymine

DNA

• Nucleoside - Thymidine
• Nucleotide - Thymidylate (TMP)

Terminlogy:

• Nitrogenous Base - Nucleotide
• Nucleoside - Nucleotide
• Nucleotide - Nucleotide

Concepts:

• Hydrogen Bonds - Types of Interactions

Additional Information:

• Wikipedia