English Explanatory Dictionary

adenine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/ˈæ.dəˌniːn/ /ˈæ.dɪˌnɪn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-adenine.wav

Word forms

adenine adenines

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.

Related words

adenosine adenylate adenylic acid

Derived words

adenase arabinofuranosyladenine arabinosyladenine benzyladenine cladribine deoxyadenine dihydroxyadenine homoadenine homopolyriboadenine isopentenyladenine methyladenine nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate nicotinamide adenine trinucleotide polyadenine propyladenine riboadenine
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