Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Relating to adenyl.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
adenylic acid or its derivatives
Etymologies
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From adenine + -yl + -ic
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Examples
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One milestone came in 1934 when Lohmann observed that phosphate molecules from creatine phosphate combine with adenylic acid to form ATP, yet without producing heat.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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A number of catabolic enzymes were known: nucleases, nucleotidases, nucleosidases, deaminases (for guanine, adenine, adenosine, and adenylic acid), xanthine oxidase and uricase.
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