has role cytosine aromatic primary alcohol pyrimidone aminopyrimidine nucleobase analogue mouse metabolite 5-(hydroxymethyl)cytosine PMID:24162993 PMID:24295785 PMID:26753520 PMID:24162071 PMID:21151123 PMID:26851753 CAS:1123-95-1 MetaCyc:CPD-15531 Reaxys:125478 PMID:27001475 PMID:24400731 PMID:19372391 chebi_ontology PMID:26715454 PMID:24315686 PMID:24390216 A nucleobase analogue that is cytosine in which the hydrogen at position 5 is replaced by a hydroxymethyl group. Wikipedia:5-Hydroxymethylcytosine PMID:21778364 CHEBI:76792 4-Amino-5-(hydroxymethyl)-2(1H)-pyrimidinone 5-hydroxymethylcytosine human metabolite