Term Name: | archaeosine |
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Synonyms: | 2-amino-4-oxo-7-(beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-4,7-dihydro-3H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidine-5-carboximidamide, 7-formamidino-7-deazaguanosine, G* |
Definition: | A 7-deazaguanine ribonucleoside having 7-formamidino-7-deazaguanine as the nucleobase. It is found in the majority of archaeal tRNAs specifically at position 15 of the dihydrouridine loop (D-loop), a position not modified in either eukaryotic or bacterial tRNA. |
Ontology: | ChEBI [CHEBI:73271] ( EBI ) |