Adenine CAS 73-24-5 Raw Material Powder For Virus Diseases Treatment

Adenine
CAS No.: 73-24-5
Synonyms: 7(9)H-purin-6-ylamine; Ade; Adenine; ADENINE(P); Adenin; usafcb-18; 9H-purin-6-amine; adensoine; 6-aminopurine; Crytidine; 1H-Purin-6-amine; Vitamin B4; Leuco-4;
Formula: C5H5N5
Exact Mass: 135.05400
Molecular Weight: 135.12700
PSA: 80.48000
LogP: 0.51630

Description

Adenine (A, Ade) is a nucleobase (a purine derivative). Its derivatives have a variety of roles in biochemistry including cellular respiration, in the form of both the energy-rich adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and the cofactors nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD). It also has functions in protein synthesis and as a chemical component of DNA and RNA. The shape of adenine is complementary to either thymine in DNA or uracil in RNA.

Function

Adenine is one of the two purine nucleobases (the other being guanine) used in forming nucleotides of the nucleic acids. In DNA, adenine binds to thymine via two hydrogen bonds to assist in stabilizing the nucleic acid structures. In RNA, which is used for protein synthesis, adenine binds to uracil.

Base pair AT.svg Base pair AU.svg Base pair AD.svg Base pair APsi.svg
A-T-Base-pair (DNA) A-U-Base-pair (RNA) A-D-Base-pair (RNA) A-Ψ-Base-pair (RNA)
Adenine forms adenosine, a nucleoside, when attached to ribose, and deoxyadenosine when attached to deoxyribose. It forms adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a nucleoside triphosphate, when three phosphate groups are added to adenosine. Adenosine triphosphate is used in cellular metabolism as one of the basic methods of transferring chemical energy between chemical reactions.