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Noun
adenyl (plural adenyls)
- (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from adenine.
- Synonyms: adenylate, adenylyl
1988, Samuel P. Bessman, Chandra Mohan, “The Intracellular Mechanism of Insulin Action”, in Horst Kleinkauf, Hans von Döhren, Lothar Jaenicke, editors, The Roots of Modern Biochemistry: Fritz Lippmann's Squiggle and its Consequences, Walter de Gruyter, page 663:I was told that he was a great biochemist but he was lost in a futile search for an active acetyl compound when “everybody knew” it was an adenyl acetyl complex.
2005, Peter Palese, editor, Modulation of Host Gene Expression and Innate Immunity by Viruses, Springer, page 45:It is activated by 2'-5' oligoadenylates with at least three adenyl residues and one 5' phosphoryl group.
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radical derived from adenine
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