CHEBI:35584 - purine

ChEBI IDCHEBI:35584
ChEBI Namepurine
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DefinitionA heterobicyclic aromatic organic compound comprising a pyrimidine ring fused to an imidazole ring; the parent compound of the purines.
Last Modified10 June 2014
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
FormulaC5H4N4
Net Charge0
Average Mass120.112
Monoisotopic Mass120.04360
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
fundamental metabolite  Any metabolite produced by all living cells.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
purine (CHEBI:35584) has role fundamental metabolite (CHEBI:78675)
purine (CHEBI:35584) is a mancude organic heterobicyclic parent (CHEBI:35570)
purine (CHEBI:35584) is a purines (CHEBI:26401)
Incoming Relation(s)
1H-purine (CHEBI:35586) is a purine (CHEBI:35584)
3H-purine (CHEBI:35588) is a purine (CHEBI:35584)
7H-purine (CHEBI:17258) is a purine (CHEBI:35584)
9H-purine (CHEBI:35589) is a purine (CHEBI:35584)
IUPAC Name 
purine
Manual XrefsDatabases
PURINEMetaCyc
C15587KEGG COMPOUND
HMDB0001366HMDB
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