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uridinyl

uridinyl noun: a univalent radical derived from uridine.

Noun

uridinyl (usually uncountable, plural uridinyls)

  1. (especially, in-compounds, usually) A univalent radical derived from uridine.
    • Y is OH; Z is CH₂OH, CH₃ or H; B is 1-cytosinyl, 9-adenyl, 9-guanyl, 1-uridinyl or 1-thymidinyl provided that if n = 1 then B is not 1-thymidinyl;1998, Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, volume 1211, number 3, page 2924
    • Dimeric uridinyl derivatives synthesized by us did not exhibit significant activity.2015 August, Katarzyna Kral, Tadeusz Bieg, Urszula Nawrot, Katarzyna Włodarczyk, Anna Lalik, Przemys ław, HahnaIlona Wandzik, “New monomeric and dimeric uridinyl derivatives as inhibitors of chitin...
  2. (broadly, countable, usually) A uridinyl group.
    • The molecule had two acetyls, four methyls, and three uridinyls attached to its backbone.

Examples of uridinyl in a sentence

  • The uridinyl group is coordinated by residues Gln162, Gly191 and Gly87 whereas the glucose portion of the molecule is coordinated by Asn220, Gly258, Glu271, Asn293 and Leu85.2018 March 1, Camila A. Cotrim, Jose Sergio M. Soares, Bostjan Kobe, Marcelo Menossi, “Crystal structure and insights into the oligomeric...
  • Furthermore, pseudo uridinyl substitution of the uridinyl moiety for three inhibitors (68e, 65b, and 65e) exhibited comparable activity to the parent uracil derivatives.2020 September 15, Christine A. Arbour, Barbara Imperiali, “Uridine natural products: Challenging targets and inspiration for novel small...

Forms of uridinyl

pluraluridinyls

Questions about uridinyl

What does uridinyl mean?
Uridinyl means a univalent radical derived from uridine.
How do you use uridinyl in a sentence?
The uridinyl group is coordinated by residues Gln162, Gly191 and Gly87 whereas the glucose portion of the molecule is coordinated by Asn220, Gly258, Glu271, Asn293 and Leu85.
What part of speech is uridinyl?
Uridinyl is a noun.
What is the plural of uridinyl?
The plural of uridinyl is uridinyls.

Words near uridinyl in the dictionary

  1. uricotelic
  2. uricotelism
  3. uricotely
  4. uridine
  5. uridines
  6. uridinyl
  7. uridinylation
  8. uridinyls
  9. uridiospore
  10. uridome
  11. uridomes

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