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Adenine vs Methyladenine - What's the difference?

adenine | methyladenine |

As nouns the difference between adenine and methyladenine

is that adenine is while methyladenine is (biochemistry) either of two isomeric methyl derivatives of adenine that cause damage to dna.

adenine

English

(wikipedia adenine)

Noun

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  • (biochemistry, genetics) A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
  • * 2002 , Nikolai L. Vekshin, Photonics of Biopolymers , page 115,
    • One of these labels is ethenoadenine, which is obtained by chemical modification of adenine .
  • * 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.

    methyladenine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) Either of two isomeric methyl derivatives of adenine that cause damage to DNA