Guanine

Purine - back

Purine with an amine on the 2C and carbonyl at the 6C

Guanine/2amino-6oxy purine

Fundamentals:

• Forms three Hydrogen bonds with Cytosine

Types:

• Nitrogenous Base - Guanine

RNA

• Nucleoside - Guanosine
• Nucleotide - Guanylate (GMP)

DNA

• Nucleoside - Deoxyguanosine
• Nucleotide - Deoxyguanylate (dGMP)

Terminlogy:

• Nitrogenous Base - Nucleotide
• Nucleoside - Nucleotide
• Nucleotide - Nucleotide

Concepts:

• Hydrogen Bonds - Types of Interactions

Additional Information:

• Wikipedia