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deoxyribonucleic acid

molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses
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deoxyribonucleic acid
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Summary

deoxyribonucleic acid is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of structural class of chemical entities entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (48,272 views/month, #2 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: nucleic acids[3], biopolymer[4], biological macromolecule[5]
  • Part of: mitochondrion[6], genome[7], nucleosome[8], DNA binding[9], DNA metabolic process[10], DNA catabolic process[11], DNA biosynthetic process[12], DNA transport[13], DNA transmembrane transporter activity[14], protein-DNA-RNA complex[15], protein-DNA complex[16], DNA import into cell involved in transformation[17], catalytic activity, acting on DNA[18], nucleus[19]
  • Commons category: DNA[20]
  • Unicode character: 🧬[21]
  • Has part(s): polynucleotide[22], nucleotide[23]
  • Topic's main category: Category:DNA[24]
  • Commons gallery: DNA[25]
  • Shape: helix[26], spring[27]
  • Short name: DNA[28], DNK[29]
  • Hashtag: DNA[30]
  • Studied by: genealogical DNA test[31]
  • Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[32]
  • Develops from: ribonucleic acid[33]

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for deoxyribonucleic acid include Deoxys[34], a psychic-type Pokémon[35]; Galacidalacidesoxyribonucleicacid[36], a painting[37], founded in 1963[38]; and 55555 DNA[39], an asteroid[40].

Why It Matters

deoxyribonucleic acid has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Entities named for it include Deoxys[34], a psychic-type Pokémon[35]; Galacidalacidesoxyribonucleicacid[36], a painting[37], founded in 1963[38]; and 55555 DNA[39], an asteroid[40].

Related Entities

Aziz Sancar Francis Crick Pekka Orponen

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2022-07-01. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Glossary of Class Names of Organic Compounds and Reactive Intermediates Based on Structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995). wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . twitter.com. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [40] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12d ago · OKA bot bot · 2026-10-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||nb */ SML ID DNA deprecated (now SNL DNA), other names from Store medisinske leksikon ([[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/OKA bot 2|OKA bot tas"
  2. 14d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 189
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ar', 'arz', 'as', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'ba', 'ban', 'b
    Edam ontology id → topic_0654
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Edam ontology id: topic_0654, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289758891|DNA (#289758891)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7899|EDAM Ontology]] #mix'n'm"
  3. 7w ago · Rose Abrams · 2026-09-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dagens nyheter topic id → dna
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Dagens nyheter topic id: dna, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/52111723|Dna (#52111723)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/488|DN topic]] #mix'n'match"
  4. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 314dkt, 2XEzCe
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  5. 18w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → dna
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: dna, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289931974|dna (#289931974)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'match"
  6. 19w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007406-DNA-nukleova-kyselina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0007406-DNA-nukleova-kyselina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259599|batch #259599]]"
  7. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 7690, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
  8. 24w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Local thumb → —
    Wikimedia outline → DNA in organismen
    Part of → —
    Instance of → —
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Enciclopedia galega universal id: 112935"
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