Term Name:	thymine
Synonyms:	2,4-dihydroxy-5-methylpyrimidine, 5-methyl-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione, 5-methylpyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione, 5-methyluracil, T, Thy, Thymin, thymine
Definition:	A pyrimidine nucleobase that is uracil in which the hydrogen at position 5 is replaced by a methyl group.
Ontology:	ChEBI [CHEBI:17821] ( EBI )

Relationships

is a type of:	pyrimidine nucleobase pyrimidone
has_role:	Escherichia coli metabolite human metabolite mouse metabolite
inverse has_functional_parent:	(2-O,3-C-methylene-5-O-phosphonoarabinofuranosyl)thymine (2-O,3-ethane-1,2-diyl-5-O-phosphonoarabinofuranosyl)thymine 1-(2,3-dideoxy-6-O-phosphono-beta-D-erythro-hexopyranosyl)thymine 1-(2-deoxy-2-fluoro-5-O-phosphono-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)thymine 1-(2-O-methyl-5-O-phosphono-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl)thymine 1-[(1S,2S,4S,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)bicyclo[3.1.0]hexan-2-yl]thymine 1-[(1S,3S,4R,5S)-3-hydroxy-4-(hydroxymethyl)bicyclo[3.1.0]hexan-1-yl]thymine 1-[(2-hydroxyethoxy)methyl]-6-(phenylsulfanyl)thymine 5,6-dihydrothymine 5-formyluracil 6-(1,3-dihydroxyisobutyl)thymine 6-(3-hydroxypropyl)thymine 6-{[(4R,5R)-4-(hydroxymethyl)thymin-5-yl]methyl}thymine [(1R,2S,3S,5S)-5-hydroxy-2-methyl-3-(thymin-1-yl)cyclopentyl]methyl dihydrogen phosphate [(1R,4S,6S)-6-hydroxy-4-(thymin-1-yl)cyclohex-2-en-1-yl]methyl dihydrogen phosphate alpha-putrescinylthymine methylthymine N-[2-(methylamino)ethyl]-N-[(thymin-1-yl)acetyl]glycine stavudine telbivudine thymidine thymine glycol
inverse is_substituent_group_from:	thymin-1-yl group