plural of adenyl

(organic chemistry) A nucleotide found in RNA. It is an ester of phosphoric acid with the nucleoside adenosine. It consists of a phosphate group, a pentose sugar ribose, and the nucleobase adenine.

(biochemistry) An enzyme which cyclizes adenosine triphosphate (ATP) into cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cyclic AMP, cAMP), having key regulatory roles in essentially all cells.