mononucleotide
- noun
- /ˌmɒnoʊˈnjuːklɪəˌtaɪd/
- Specialized
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mononucleótido
- Flavin mononucleotide is an important molecule that plays a key role in the electron transport chain during cellular respiration.
- nicotinamide mononucleotide
Examples
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So it stands for nicotinamide mononucleotide, which is essentially the precursor, the immediate precursor to NAD.
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OK, So flavin mononucleotide part of the electron transport chain.
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The autoinducer triggers the synthesis of luciferase, which oxidizes a flavin mononucleotide and tetradecanol to produce light.
Academic text (1993) -
Crowder and colleagues followed these data by showing that heterologous expression of the mouse nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase type 1 (Nmnat1) protected C. elegans.
Academic text (2017) -
In what seemed to be unrelated studies, overexpression of nicotinamide mononucleotide adenylyltransferase type 1 in mice was previously shown to reduce brain injury resulting from hypoxia (Verghese et al. 2011).
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Research shows that nicotinamide mononucleotide can enhance energy metabolism in living organisms.
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The mononucleotide serves as a fundamental building block for both DNA and RNA in cellular processes.
Synonyms
23
8.8
A chemical part that makes up DNA or RNA
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6.6
A small unit that makes up DNA and RNA, containing sugar, a base, and phosphate
How Long
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1
9.9
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2
7.9
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
mononucleotide = nucleotide (transparent) = mono + nucleotide
The word clearly means 'one nucleotide', with the prefix mono- contributing the quantity meaning in a fully standard way.
Etymology
The word mononucleotide combines mono- 'one' and nucleotide 'a small unit of DNA or RNA'. So it literally means 'one nucleotide', the single building block of genetic material.