2006-11-30 22:02:29 · 4 answers · asked by clearie 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
A nucleotide consists of a sugar (either ribose or deoxyribose), nitrogenous bases (purine - adenine, guanine and pyrimidine - thymine, cytosine, uracil), and a phosphate group.
you can check wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleotide
If you're confused between nucleotide and nucleoside, well... nucleoside consists only of sugar and a nitrogenous base. nucleoside has no phosphate group. Only when the nucleoside is phosphorylated that it becomes a nucleotide.
If you're confused between nucleotide and nucleic acids, nucleic acid is a chain of nucleotides. DNA and RNA are the most common.
2006-12-01 01:51:15 · answer #1 · answered by blackwidow 2 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Parts Of A Nucleotide
2016-10-04 11:14:53 · answer #2 · answered by wilfrid 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A nucleotide is a chemical compound that consists of a heterocyclic base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups. In the most common nucleotides the base is a derivative of purine or pyrimidine, and the sugar is the pentose (five-carbon sugar) deoxyribose or ribose. Nucleotides are the monomers of nucleic acids, with three or more bonding together in order to form a nucleic acid.
Nucleotides are the structural units of RNA, DNA, and several cofactors - CoA, FAD, FMN, NAD, and NADP. In the cell they play important roles in energy production, metabolism, and signaling.
2006-11-30 23:40:21 · answer #3 · answered by MILIND 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-06 09:12:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very good explanation on my link with formula
Stirctly speaking a nucleotide is composed of a phosphate group, a sugar (ribose) and a base of four types adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine or uracile
2006-11-30 22:08:44 · answer #5 · answered by maussy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2015-08-04 09:58:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋