"depyrimidination" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: depyrimidinations [plural]
Etymology: de- + pyrimidine + -ation Etymology templates: {{confix|en|de|pyrimidine|ation}} de- + pyrimidine + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} depyrimidination (countable and uncountable, plural depyrimidinations)
  1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) A process in which the chemical bond linking a pyrimidine (cytosine or thymine) to a deoxyribose sugar breaks spontaneously. It occurs at a lower rate compared to depurination with only 500 cytosine and thymine bases lost per cell per day in a typical mammalian cell. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Organic chemistry

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