5-Methyluridine
（重定向自Ribosylthymine）
![Skeletal formula of 5-methyluridine](/Images/godic/202502/07/5-Methyluridin.svg5621.png")
![Space-filling model of the 5-methyluridine molecule](/Images/godic/202502/07/Ribothymidine_3D_spacefill5621.png")
The chemical compound 5-methyluridine, also called ribothymidine, is a pyrimidine nucleoside. It is the ribonucleoside counterpart to the deoxyribonucleoside thymidine, which lacks a hydroxyl group at the 2' position. 5-Methyluridine contains a thymine base joined to a ribose pentose sugar.