inosine
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-003445
A purine nucleoside that has hypoxanthine linked by the N9 nitrogen to the C1 carbon of ribose. It is an intermediate in the degradation of purines and purine nucleosides to uric acid and in pathways of purine salvage. It also occurs in the anticodon of certain transfer RNA molecules.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-003445 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2018; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | ribonucleosides; hypoxanthine |
| Translations | Spanish: inosina |
Record as JSON
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"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "A purine nucleoside that has hypoxanthine linked by the N9 nitrogen to the C1 carbon of ribose. It is an intermediate in the degradation of purines and purine nucleosides to uric acid and in pathways of purine salvage. It also occurs in the anticodon of certain transfer RNA molecules.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"ribonucleosides",
"hypoxanthine"
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"Medical Subject Headings 2018",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
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"translations": {
"es": "inosina"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/inosine/"
}
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