dinucleotide

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di·nu·cle·o·tide | \ (ˌ)dī-ˈn(y)ü-klē-ə-ˌtīd

Definition of dinucleotide

: a nucleotide consisting of two units each composed of a phosphate, a pentose, and a nitrogen base

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Recent Examples on the Web Originally, it was thought that this protein could only be activated by cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP), or similar cyclic dinucleotide molecules. — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022 The vitamin can help compensate for defects in the body’s ability to make a molecule, called nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD), which researchers have linked for the first time to healthy fetal development in humans. — Gretchen Vogel, Science | AAAS, 9 Aug. 2017

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