A white, crystalline purine base, C5H5N5, contained in the DNA, RNA, and ADP of all tissue. It links with thymine in the DNA structure.
structural formula of adenine:
H \ H N N -- H \ // \ / C C -- C \ // \\ N -- C N \ / N == C \ H
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