Cytosine facts for kids
320 - 325°C (decomp)
|Except where noted otherwise, data are given for
materials in their standard state
(at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
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In DNA and RNA, cytosine is paired with guanine. However, it is unstable, and can change into uracil (spontaneous deamination). This can lead to a point mutation if not repaired by the DNA repair enzymes such as uracil glycosylase, which cleaves a uracil in DNA.
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