guanosine
/ˈɡwɑːnəsiːn
/noun [mass noun] Biochemistry
A compound consisting of guanine combined with ribose, present in all living tissue in combined form as nucleotides.Standards (adenosine, cytidine, guanosine, pseudouridine, and uridine) were used to determine the optimal gradient conditions for separation....
- Since guanosine is not converted to adenine nucleotides in flies, guanosine must somehow act indirectly, perhaps through a mechanism for balancing nucleotide pools.
- This clearly indicates that the stems are primarily stabilized by the quartet-cation interactions, which are very similar for inosine and guanosine due to close similarity in their electronic structures.
Origin
Early 20th century: from guanine, with the insertion of -ose2.