Definition of Adenyl

1. Noun. (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from adenine ¹

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Definition of Adenyl

1. a univalent radical [n -S]

Medical Definition of Adenyl

1. The radical or ion of adenine; often used for adenylyl, as in adenylosuccinic acid. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adenyl

adenotonsillectomy
adenous
adenovector
adenoviral
adenoviridae
adenovirus
adenovirus e1 proteins
adenovirus e1a proteins
adenovirus e1b proteins
adenovirus e2 proteins
adenovirus e3 proteins
adenovirus e4 proteins
adenovirus early proteins
adenovirus endopeptidase
adenoviruses
adenyl (current term)
adenyl cyclase
adenylate
adenylate cyclase
adenylate kinase
adenylated
adenylates
adenylating
adenylation
adenylations
adenylic
adenylic acid
adenylic acid deaminase
adenylic acid kinase
adenylic aid

Literary usage of Adenyl

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"In E. coli, as in animal cells, cyclic AMP is synthesized from ATP by the enzyme adenyl cyclase, according to the reaction ATP -» cyclic AMP + P-Pi adenyl ..."

2. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Bennett J. Cohen, Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"(l973) have not found increases in DA-sensitive adenyl cyclase in mice following unilateral lesions of the nigrostriatal tract. On the other hand, ..."

3. Ptomaïnes and Leucomaïnes, and Bacterial Proteids: Or the Chemical Factors by Victor Clarence Vaughan, Frederick George Novy (1891)
"The formation of the benzyl derivatives of these two bases shows that the hydrogen atom which is replaced occurs in the adenyl and not in the imido group. ..."

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