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Saturday, 15 November 2014

Adenine

6-Aminopurine C5H5N5, one of the two purine (adenine, guanine) nucleic acid bases found in DNA and RNA. It is also part of molecules that are essential cofactors in metabolism, including ATP (adenosine triphosphate), ADP (adenosine diphosphate), NAD (nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide), NADP  nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate), FAD (flavine adenine dinucleotide) and CoA (coenzyme A).

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