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(biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
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