adenine
/ˈæ.dəˌniːn/
adenine noun: a base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
Noun
adenine (countable and uncountable, plural adenines)
- 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.2002, Nikolai L. Vekshin, Photonics of Biopolymers, page 115
- 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.2006, David Markie, “1: Markers, Selection, and Media in Yeast Artificial Chromosome Cloning”, in Alasdair MacKenzie, editor, YAC Protocols, 2nd edition, page 2
adenine meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Nepali
adenine in Hindi
- base that pairs with thymine or uracil
- ग्रन्थ्यूतिनी granthyūtinī
adenine in Tamil
- திசுச்சுரயம், சுரயம், அடெனின், அடினைன்
adenine in Marathi
- base that pairs with thymine or uracil
- ग्रन्थ्यूतिनी granthyūtinī
adenine in Nepali
- base that pairs with thymine or uracil
- ग्रन्थ्यूतिनी granthyūtinī
Examples of adenine in a sentence
- The HCN pentamer, adenine (a constituent of DNA, RNA and many coenzymes), is one of the most abundant biochemical molecules.2010, Debjani Roy, Rogué Schleyer, “6: Chemical Origin of Life: How do Five HCN Molecules Combine to form Adenine under Prebiotic and...
- Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”...
Forms of adenine
| plural | adenines |
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Origin of 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.
Words formed from adenine
- adenase
- arabinofuranosyladenine
- arabinosyladenine
- benzyladenine
- cladribine
- deoxyadenine
- dihydroxyadenine
- homoadenine
- homopolyriboadenine
- isopentenyladenine
- methyladenine
- nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
- nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
- nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide
- polyadenine
- propyladenine
- riboadenine
Questions about adenine
- What does adenine mean?
- Adenine means a base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
- What is adenine in Hindi?
- Adenine in Hindi is ग्रन्थ्यूतिनी (granthyūtinī). See Adenine meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use adenine in a sentence?
- The HCN pentamer, adenine (a constituent of DNA, RNA and many coenzymes), is one of the most abundant biochemical molecules.
- What part of speech is adenine?
- Adenine is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adenine?
- Adenine is pronounced /ˈæ.dəˌniːn/.
- What is the plural of adenine?
- The plural of adenine is adenines.
Words near adenine in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adenine (page history and authors); adenine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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