Purines are heterocyclic aromatic molecules that are among the oldest and most influential biochemical compounds in evolutionary history. 1 The purine nucleotide adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is the ...

The regulation and function of sleep is one of the biggest black boxes of today's brain science. A new paper finds that rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is suppressed by adenosine acting on a specific ...

New Rochelle, NY, April 3, 2019-Researchers have identified a common mechanism implicating adenosine in the cause of restless leg syndrome (RLS) symptoms -- the periodic limb movements characteristic ...

Proteolytic degradation of the Escherichia coli DNA ligase-adenylate intermediate releases adenosine 5 ′-monophosphate linked to the ε -amino group of lysine by a phosphoamide bond. Measurements of ...