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adenine
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Adenine
Adenine
(
A
,
Ade
) is a
nucleobase
(a
purine
derivative). Its derivatives have a variety of roles in
biochemistry
including
cellular respiration
, in the form of both the energy-rich
adenosine triphosphate
(ATP) and the
cofactor
s
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
(NAD) and
flavin adenine dinucleotide
(FAD). It also has functions in
protein synthesis
and as a chemical component of
DNA
and
RNA
. The shape of adenine is complementary to either
thymine
in
DNA
or
uracil
in
RNA
.
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