73-40-5Nc1nc2nc[nH]c2c(=O)[nH]1UYTPUPDQBNUYGX-UHFFFAOYSA-NGuanine is a 2-aminopurine carrying a 6-oxo substituent. It has a role as a mouse metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite, a human metabolite and an algal metabolite. It is a member of 2-aminopurines, an oxopurine and a purine nucleobase. It derives from a hydride of a 9H-purine.
73-40-5DTXSID9052476CHEMBL219568CHEBI:16235Biological Agents -> Nucleic Acids and Derivatives
Dye
-0.91
-0.91
SEVERAL DESMOTROPIC FORMS; USUALLY AMORPHOUS
SMALL RHOMBIC CRYSTALS BY SLOW EVAPORATION OF AQ SOLN CONTAINING LARGE EXCESS OF AMMONIA
NEEDLES OR PLATES FROM AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE
CRYSTALLINE POWDER; LOSES WATER @ 100 °C & HYDROGEN CHLORIDE @ 200 °C; PRACTICALLY INSOL IN WATER, ALC, ETHER; SOL IN ACIDULATED WATER /HYDROCHLORIDE/
FREELY SOL IN DIL ACIDS & AQ POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE SOLN; SPARINGLY SOL IN ALCOHOL; ALMOST INSOL IN WATER
SOL IN AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE & ALKALI; SLIGHTLY SOL IN ETHER; INSOL IN ACETIC ACID, SLIGHTLY SOL IN ETHER
This chemical does not meet GHS hazard criteria for 0.9% (1 of 115) of reports.
Warning
H315 (98.3%): Causes skin irritation [Warning Skin corrosion/irritation]
P261, P264, P264+P265, P271, P280, P302+P352, P304+P340, P305+P351+P338, P319, P321, P332+P317, P337+P317, P362+P364, P403+P233, P405, and P501 (click each P-code to see the statement)
Aggregated GHS information provided per 115 reports by companies from 15 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory. Each notification may be associated with multiple companies.
Chemical: 6H-Purin-6-one, 2-amino-1,7-dihydro-
Status: Active Update: 12-07-2022 https://echa.europa.eu/registration-dossier/-/registered-dossier/17941
6H-Purin-6-one, 2-amino-1,7-dihydro-: Does not have an individual approval but may be used under an appropriate group standard
OCCURS IN ANIMAL & PLANT KINGDOM. FIRST ISOLATED FROM GUANO.
PURINE CONSTITUENT OF RIBONUCLEIC ACID & DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. USUAL SOURCES...SUGAR BEETS, YEAST, CLOVER SEED & FISH SCALES.
Component of nucleic acids found throughout nature; [Merck Index] Used in biochemical research and as a colorant for externally applied cosmetics and drugs; [HSDB]
BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH, COSMETICS
COLOR ADDITIVE
6H-Purin-6-one, 2-amino-1,9-dihydro-: ACTIVE
GUANINE IS PERMANENTLY LISTED UNDER THE FEDERAL FOOD, DRUG AND COSMETIC ACT AS A COLOR ADDITIVE FOR USE IN EXTERNALLY APPLIED DRUGS AND COSMETICS, INCLUDING THOSE INTENDED FOR USE IN THE AREA OF THE EYE.
Wird geladen…
2.08 mg/mL at 37 °C
360 °C (DECOMP)
360 °C
Solid; [Merck Index] White crystals; [Acros Organics MSDS]
Solid
DECOMP ABOVE 360 °C WITH PARTIAL SUBLIMATION
STABLE AT ROOM TEMP
HistoryGuanine is one of the two purines comprising the five nucleic acid bases. Much of the information regarding the general role of nucleic acid bases is covered in Adenine and Cytosine. Guanine gets its name from guano, from which it was first isolated in the 1840s. Albrecht Kossel (1853 1927) determined that guanine (as well as adenine, cytosine, thymine and uracil) was a component of nucleic acid in the last two decades of the 19th century. Similar to adenine, guanine combines with ribose to form a nucleoside. The nucleoside produced is guanosine, which in turn combines with one to three phosphoryls to yield the nucleotides guanosine monophosphate (GMP), guanosine diphosphate (GDP), and guanosine triphosphate (GTP), respectively. Guanine nucleotides play an important role in metabolism including the conversion of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) to adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and carbohydrate metabolism.
VerwendenGuanine is on one of the five nucleobases incorporated into biological nucleic acids. Guanine, along with adenine and cytosine, is present in both DNA and RNA, whereas thymine is usually seen only in DNA, and uracil only in RNA.
DefinitionA nitrogenous base found in DNA and RNA. Guanine has a purine ring structure.
DefinitionChEBI: Guanine is a 2-aminopurine carrying a 6-oxo substituent. It has a role as a human metabolite, an algal metabolite, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite, an Escherichia coli metabolite and a mouse metabolite. It is a purine nucleobase, an oxopurine and a member of 2-aminopurines. It derives from a hydride of a 9H-purine.