adenyl

adenyl (plural adenyls)

1. (biochemistry) The univalent radical derived from adenine.

   Synonyms: adenylate, adenylyl

   • 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:

     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.

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

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

• adenine
• adenylic

• Adelyn, Danley, Layden, Yandle