queuine

Introduction

A hypermodified purine found in the first (wobble position) of the anticodon of tRNAs specific for Asn, Asp, His, & Tyr, in most prokaryotes, eubacteria, mammal including humans (putative). The nucleoside of queuine is queuosine.

More general terms

• purinone

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=114881
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=1063
• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=5280439