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5-hydroxyisouric acid

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Summary

5-hydroxyisouric acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of type of chemical entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (29 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Canonical SMILES: C12=NC(=O)NC1(C(=O)NC(=O)N2)O[3]
  • Chemical formula: C₅H₄N₄O₄[4]
  • Subclass of: purine alkaloid[5]
  • Part of: urate oxidase activity[6], hydroxyisourate hydrolase activity[7], FAD-dependent urate hydroxylase activity[8]
  • Found in taxon: Homo sapiens[9], Caenorhabditis elegans[10]
  • Mass: 184.023255 dalton[11]
  • Subject has role: primary metabolite[12]

Why It Matters

5-hydroxyisouric acid has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Recon 2.2: from reconstruction to model of human metabolism. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Modeling Meets Metabolomics-The WormJam Consensus Model as Basis for Metabolic Studies in the Model Organism. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Reactome. plantreactome.gramene.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Michael D. Turnbull · 2026-10-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chemical structure → 5-Hydroxyisourate.svg
    Sitelink count → 12
    Wikipedia languages → ['azb', 'en', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'ja', 'ko', 'sh', 'sk', 'sr', 'ta', 'ur']
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  2. 17w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of chemical entity
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