dinucleotide

See also: Dinucleotide and dinucléotide

English

Etymology tree

English di-

Proto-Italic *knuks

Latin nux

Latin nucleuslbor.

English nucleus

English nucleo-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *-iðos

Latin -idusder.

English -ide

English nucleotide

English dinucleotide

dinucleotide (plural dinucleotides)

(biochemistry) Any molecule consisting primarily of two nucleotide units.
- 2022 June 2, Sandee LaMotte, “The ‘Benjamin Button’ effect: Scientists can reverse aging in mice. The goal is to do the same for humans”, in CNN‎^[1]:
  Sinclair also takes 1 gram of NMN, or nicotinamide mononucleotide, which in the body turns into NAD+, or nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide.