Inosine

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Inosine is a nucloside made up of hypoxanthine and a ribose ring, joined by a Beta-N9-Glycosidic bond.

Inosine is an important nucleoside in the genetic code of wobble base pairs, appearing in three of the main four pairs [1][2]. 

References

  1. ↑ Berg, J., Tymoczko, J., Stryer, L. and Stryer, L. (2002). Biochemistry. New York: W.H. Freeman.
  2. ↑ Chen, W., Feng, P., Ding, H. and Lin, H. (2016). PAI: Predicting adenosine to inosine editing sites by using pseudo nucleotide compositions. Scientific Reports, 6, p.35123.
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