Which of the follow ing is not a pyrimidine -
Ans. is 'c' i.e., Adenine o Two types of bases are found in nucleotides : (i) purines and (ii) pyrimidines.Purines : Tw o major purine bases found both in DNAs as well as RNAs are (i) adenine (A) and (ii) guanine (G).Pyrimidines : Three major pyrimidine bases are (i) cytosine (C), (ii) Uracil (U) and (iii) Thymine (T). Cytosine and uracil are found in RNAs and cytosine and thymine are found in DNAs. Uracil is not found in DNAsQ and thymine is notfound in RNAs.
Uracil
Thymine
Adenine
Cytosine
Metabolism of Purines and Pyrimidines