1-methylpseudouridine

Common name:
1-methylpseudouridine
Symbol:
m1Y
CA index name:
2,4(1H,3H)-Pyrimidinedione, 1-methyl-5-b-D-ribofuranosyl-
CA registry numbers:
ribonucleoside 13860-38-3
base 615-77-0
elemental composition:
C10H14N2O6
nucleoside mass:
258.23
rna-image
Source type phylogenetic source
archaea bacteria eukarya
tRNA +
rRNA 17, 18S [1]
Comment: Detected as a biosynthetic precursor to m1acp3Y

Structure: [2]


Synthesis: [3], [4]


Comment:


References:


  1. Brand, R.C., Klootwijk, J., Planta, R.J. and Maden, B.E.H. (1978) Biochem. J., 169, 71-77.
  2. Pang, H., Ihara, M., Kuchino, Y., Nishimura, S., Gupta, R., Woese, C.R. and McCloskey, J.A. (1982) J. Biol. Chem., 257, 3589-3592.
  3. Scannell, J.P., Crestfield, A.M. and Allen, F.W. (1959) Biochim. Biophys. Acta, 32, 406-413.
  4. Cohn, W.E. (1960) J. Biol. Chem., 235, 1488-1498.