deoxycytidine

9.9

A chemical building block of DNA made from cytosine and a sugar

noun
/diˌɒksɪˈsaɪtɪdiːn/

Specialized

: desoxicitidina

In the lab, researchers used deoxycytidine to investigate its effects on cellular metabolism.

Examples

So now we have cytidine diphosphate and now ribonucleotide reductase can generate deoxycytidine diphosphate.
Another example is the delivery of deoxycytidine kinase to HER2-expressing cells, which was mediated by a fusion protein between the HER2-binding affibody and the enzyme 113.

Academic text (2017)
Deoxycytidine is an important component of deoxycytidine, as it forms the backbone of the genetic material.
Scientists study deoxycytidine to understand its role in DNA synthesis and repair.

Compounds

deoxycytidine monophosphate

Specialized

9.8

A small molecule used to build DNA made from the base cytosine and one phosphate

Surface Forms

deoxycytidine singular

deoxycytidines plural

Morphology

deoxycytidine = cytidine (opaque) = deoxy + cytidine + deoxy

Formed by the scientific combining form 'deoxy-' + the technical noun 'cytidine'; both elements are specialized biochemical morphemes unlikely to be semantically transparent to an average B1 learner.

Etymology

Deoxycytidine breaks into parts you can remember: de- 'without', oxy 'oxygen', and cytidine from cyto- 'cell', as in cytosine. So deoxycytidine is a cytidine that lacks an oxygen in its sugar, which is why it is one of the building blocks of DNA.