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adenine

purine nucleotide base in DNA and RNA
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adenine

Summary

adenine is a type of chemical entity[1]. adenine ranks in the top 4% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,092 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • adenine's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • adenine's canonical SMILES is recorded as C1=NC2=C(N1)C(=NC=N2)N[4].
  • adenine's chemical formula is recorded as C₅H₅N₅[5].
  • adenine is a type of nucleotide base[6].
  • adenine is a type of purine alkaloid[7].
  • adenine is part of adenine binding[8].
  • adenine is part of adenine catabolic process[9].
  • adenine is part of adenine salvage[10].
  • adenine is part of adenine metabolic process[11].
  • adenine is part of adenine biosynthetic process[12].
  • adenine is part of adenine transmembrane transporter activity[13].
  • adenine is part of adenine transport[14].
  • adenine is part of adenine import across plasma membrane[15].
  • adenine is part of adenine deaminase activity[16].
  • adenine is part of adenine phosphoribosyltransferase activity[17].
  • adenine is part of AMP nucleosidase activity[18].
  • adenine is part of methylthioadenosine nucleosidase activity[19].
  • adenine is part of cytokinin dehydrogenase activity[20].
  • adenine is part of triphosphoribosyl-dephospho-CoA synthase activity[21].
  • adenine is part of adenosine nucleosidase activity[22].
  • adenine is part of alpha-D-ribose 1-methylphosphonate 5-triphosphate synthase activity[23].
  • adenine is part of adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase activity[24].
  • adenine is part of S-methyl-5-thioadenosine phosphorylase activity[25].
  • adenine is part of 6-amino-6-deoxyfutalosine hydrolase activity[26].
  • adenine is part of S-adenosylmethionine:tRNA ribosyltransferase-isomerase activity[27].

Why It Matters

adenine ranks in the top 4% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,092 views/month).[2] adenine has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] adenine is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . geneontology.org. Retrieved . geneontology.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Density → {'unit': 'Q13147228', 'amount': '+1.6'}
    Has use → medication
    Subclass of → —
    Has part(s) → nitrogen, carbon, hydrogen
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007292951805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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