Adenine
Adenine is one of the precursors of DNA and RNA nucleotides, along with cytosine, guanine,
thymine, and uracil. It is a purine nitrogenous base that consists of fused 5- and 6-member rings
of carbon and nitrogen atoms. In DNA, the complementary base pair of adenine is thymine, while
uracil pairs with adenine in RNA. Atoms shown: carbon (black), nitrogen (green) and hydrogen
(red)
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{GE}
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