Purine is an English word with synonyms like base or alkali. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Purine meaning
Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
Using Purine
- The main meaning on this page is: Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.
- Useful related words include: base, alkali.
- In the example corpus, purine often appears in combinations such as: purine synthesis.
Context around Purine
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 1 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Purine
- In this selection, "purine" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 19.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, deoxy, heterocyclic, traube, pyrimidine, synthesis and phosphohydrolases stand out and add context to how "purine" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include bicyclic heterocyclic purine derivative uric and for more purine formation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "purine" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with purine
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is the committed step in purine synthesis. (8 words)
It is aromatic because of the purine functional group. (9 words)
When purines are formed, they inhibit the enzymes required for more purine formation. (13 words)
The only other purine-pyrimidine pairings would be AC and GT and UG (in RNA); these pairings are mismatches because the patterns of hydrogen donors and acceptors do not correspond. (30 words)
Traube purine synthesis Other occurrences/ biological uses The word guanine derives from the Spanish loanword guano ("bird/bat droppings"), which itself is from the Quechua word wanu, meaning "dung". (29 words)
To be viable, organisms possess a number of (deoxy)purine phosphohydrolases, which hydrolyze these purine derivatives removing them from the active NTP and dNTP pools. (25 words)
Example sentences (9)
To be viable, organisms possess a number of (deoxy)purine phosphohydrolases, which hydrolyze these purine derivatives removing them from the active NTP and dNTP pools.
As a bicyclic, heterocyclic purine derivative, uric acid does not protonate as an oxygen (−OH) like carboxylic acids do.
It is aromatic because of the purine functional group.
Purine-pyrimidine base pairing of AT or GC or UA (in RNA) results in proper duplex structure.
Pyrimidine and purine degradation In humans, pyrimidine rings (C, T, U) can be degraded completely to CO 2 and NH 3 (urea excretion).
The only other purine-pyrimidine pairings would be AC and GT and UG (in RNA); these pairings are mismatches because the patterns of hydrogen donors and acceptors do not correspond.
This is the committed step in purine synthesis.
Traube purine synthesis Other occurrences/ biological uses The word guanine derives from the Spanish loanword guano ("bird/bat droppings"), which itself is from the Quechua word wanu, meaning "dung".
When purines are formed, they inhibit the enzymes required for more purine formation.
Common combinations with purine
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: