MLchartDataset catalogue

Purine

Term · Chemistry · MLC-T-CHM-009685

A heterocyclic aromatic organic compound consisting of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. It forms the structural basis for two of the four nucleobases in DNA and RNA, adenine and guanine. Purines are also components of other biomolecules, including ATP and cyclic AMP.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CHM-009685
FieldChemistry
SubjectAnalytical Chemistry
ReferencesPAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1150 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)
See alsoNucleobase
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-009685",
  "term": "Purine",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A heterocyclic aromatic organic compound consisting of a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring. It forms the structural basis for two of the four nucleobases in DNA and RNA, adenine and guanine. Purines are also components of other biomolecules, including ATP and cyclic AMP.",
  "subject": "Analytical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "nucleobase"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2018, 90, 1121. 'Terminology of bioanalytical methods (IUPAC Recommendations 2018)' on page 1150 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2016-1120)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/purine/"
}

Record 10,291 of 13,676 in Chemistry terminology (MLC-0109). Request the full dataset.