different between adenine vs adenylicacid

English

Etymology

From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ???? (ad?n, “gland”) + -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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æ.d??ni?n/, /?æ.d??n?n/

Noun

adenine (countable and uncountable, plural adenines)

1. (biochemistry, genetics) A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
   • 2006, David Markie, 1: Markers, Selection, and Media in Yeast Artificial Chromosome Cloning, Alasdair MacKenzie (editor), YAC Protocols, 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, Chérif F. Matta, Quantum Biochemistry, page 202,

     The HCN pentamer, adenine (a constituent of DNA, RNA and many coenzymes), is one of the most abundant biochemical molecules.

Hypernyms

• nucleobase
• purine

Related terms

• adenosine
• adenylate
• adenylic acid

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Noun

adenine f pl

1. plural of adenina