inosine

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inosine inosine[1]

Main Entry: ino·sine
Pronunciation: 'i-n&-"sEn, 'I-, -s&n
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary inosinic acid (the acid C₁₀H₁₃N₄O₈P; inosinic, from Greek in-, is sinew + International Scientific Vocabulary ²-ose + ¹-in + ¹-ic) + ²-ine
: a nucleoside C₁₀H₁₂N₄O₅ that is composed of hypoxanthine and ribose, that in the form of its monophosphate is a biosynthetic precursor of both AMP and its guanosine analog, and that binds to adenine, cytosine, or uracil especially in some transfer RNAs -- compare POLY I:c