Pyrimidine analogues are antimetabolites which mimic the structure of metabolic pyrimidines.
Examples[edit]
- Nucleobase analogues
- Fluorouracil (5FU), which inhibits thymidylate synthase
- Floxuridine (FUDR)
- 6-azauracil (6-AU)
- Nucleoside analogues
- Cytarabine (Cytosine arabinoside)
- Gemcitabine
- Nucleotide analogues
Medical uses[edit]
Pyrimidine antimetabolites are commonly used to treat cancer by interfering with DNA replication.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Parker, William B. (2009). "Enzymology of Purine and Pyrimidine Antimetabolites Used in the Treatment of Cancer". Chem Rev. 109 (7): 2880–2893. doi:10.1021/cr900028p. PMC 2827868. PMID 19476376.
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