adenyl

plural adenyls

1. biochemistryThe univalent radical derived from adenine.

   It is activated by 2'-5' oligoadenylates with at least three adenyl residues and one 5' phosphoryl group.

   2005, Peter Palese, editor, Modulation of Host Gene Expression and Innate Immunity by Viruses, Springer, page 45

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   I was told that he was a great biochemist but he was lost in a futile search for an active acetyl compound when “everybody knew” it was an adenyl acetyl complex.

   1988, Samuel P. Bessman, Chandra Mohan, “The Intracellular Mechanism of Insulin Action”, in Horst Kleinkauf, Hans von Döhren, Lothar Jaenicke, editors, The Roots of Modern Biochemistry: Fritz Lippmann's Squiggle and its Consequences, Walter de Gruyter, page 663

   Synonyms: adenylate, adenylyl