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Any process that generates adenine, 6-aminopurine, from derivatives of it without de novo synthesis. The chemical reactions and pathways involving adenine, 6-aminopurine, one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of numerous important derivatives of its corresponding ribonucleoside, adenosine. Any process that generates a purine, any nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide or nucleic acid that contains a purine base, from derivatives of them without de novo synthesis. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of adenine, 6-aminopurine, one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of numerous important derivatives of its corresponding ribonucleoside, adenosine. Any process that generates purine bases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, from derivatives of them without de novo synthesis. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of purine bases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: adenine salvage
Acc: GO:0006168
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Any process that generates adenine, 6-aminopurine, from derivatives of it without de novo synthesis.
Synonyms:
  • adenine salvage pathway
  • adenine, hypoxanthine and their nucleoside salvage
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 27 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 27 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006168 - adenine salvage (interactive image map)
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