adenine
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editEtymology
editFrom German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- + -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.
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editNoun
editadenine (countable and uncountable, plural adenines)
- (biochemistry, genetics) A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
- 2002, Nikolai L. Vekshin, Photonics of Biopolymers[1], page 115:
- One of these labels is ethenoadenine, which is obtained by chemical modification of adenine.
- 2006, David Markie, “1: Markers, Selection, and Media in Yeast Artificial Chromosome Cloning”, in Alasdair MacKenzie, editor, YAC Protocols[2], 2nd edition, page 2:
- There are two genes in the adenine biosynthetic pathway of yeast (ADE1 and ADE2) that, apart from producing an absolute requirement for adenine when mutant, also produce a change in colony color.
- 2010, Debjani Roy, Rogué Schleyer, “6: Chemical Origin of Life: How do Five HCN Molecules Combine to form Adenine under Prebiotic and Interstellar Conditions”, in Chérif F. Matta, editor, Quantum Biochemistry[3], page 202:
- The HCN pentamer, adenine (a constituent of DNA, RNA and many coenzymes), is one of the most abundant biochemical molecules.
Derived terms
edit- adenase
- arabinofuranosyladenine
- arabinosyladenine
- benzyladenine
- cladribine
- deoxyadenine
- dihydroxyadenine
- homoadenine
- homopolyriboadenine
- isopentenyladenine
- methyladenine
- nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
- nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
- nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide
- polyadenine
- propyladenine
- riboadenine
Related terms
editTranslations
editbase that pairs with thymine or uracil
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Italian
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