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adenine

noun
/ˈæ.dəˌniːn/

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓δήν (ădḗn)der. German Adeninbor. English adenine From 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.

  1. derived from ἀδήν — “gland”
  2. borrowed from Adenin

Definitions

  1. A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and…

    A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

    • One of these labels is ethenoadenine, which is obtained by chemical modification of adenine.
    • 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.
    • The HCN pentamer, adenine (a constituent of DNA, RNA and many coenzymes), is one of the most abundant biochemical molecules.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for adenine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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