- (uracil in RNA). In DNA,
guanine is
paired with cytosine. The
guanine nucleoside is
called guanosine. With the
formula C5H5N5O,
guanine is a
derivative of purine...
- Hypoxanthine-
guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HGPRT) is an
enzyme encoded in
humans by the HPRT1 gene.
HGPRT is a
transferase that
catalyzes conversion...
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deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Five nucleobases—adenine (A),
cytosine (C),
guanine (G),
thymine (T), and
uracil (U)—are
called primary or canonical. They...
- In
molecular biology, a
guanine tetrad (also
known as a G-tetrad or G-quartet) is a
structure composed of four
guanine bases in a
square planar array....
- genetics, GC-content (or
guanine-cytosine content) is the
percentage of
nitrogenous bases in a DNA or RNA
molecule that are
either guanine (G) or
cytosine (C)...
- in
nucleic acids by
sequences that are rich in
guanine. They are
helical in
shape and
contain guanine tetrads that can form from one, two or four strands...
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Guanine deaminase also
known as cypin, guanase,
guanine aminase, GAH, and
guanine aminohydrolase is an
aminohydrolase enzyme which converts guanine to...
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Nitroguanidine -
sometimes abbreviated NGu - is a colorless,
crystalline solid that
melts at 257 °C and
decomposes at 254 °C.
Nitroguanidine is an extremely...
- In enzymology, a
guanine-transporting
ATPase (EC 3.6.3.37) is an
enzyme that
catalyzes the
chemical reaction ATP + H2O +
guanineout ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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natural nitrogenous bases of DNA,
guanine is most
prone to oxidation.
Oxidation of
guanine, also
known as
oxidative guanine damage,
results in the formation...
