purine

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/ˈpjʊəɹiːn/ English

Definitions

noun

Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.

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Synonyms

pyrimidine phosphorylase pyridopyrimidine ethylpyrimidine pyrimidone pyrimidopyrimidine dipyrimidine pyrimidinone pyridine imidazopyrimidine pyrimidoindole aminopurine alkylpyrimidine pyrimidinedione pyrimidinyl pyrone

Associated

transversion uric ribose adenine guanine urate catabolism thymine deamination biosynthesis adenosine cytosine

Rhymes

ferine murrhine farine serine chorine neurine myrrhine warine glirine narine

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