What makes up a nucleotide?

Question

DNA

Answer 1

OK!
A nucleotide is a chemical compound that consists of a heterocyclic base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups.

The base is typically adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymidine, or uracil.

Answer 2

A nucleotide is composed of a nitrogenous base, ribose (5-carbon sugar), and a phosphate group.

There are several nitrogenous bases. Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine. A with T, C with G. These basically make up the DNA polypeptide.

You may have also heard of Uracil. This is during transcription in the nucleus, when the DNA double helix splits apart for the creation of RNA. This is done by adding complementary bases. On the RNA strand, Uracil replaces Thymine.

Answer 3

A nucleotide in DNA contains:

1) a pentose sugar (deoxyribose)
2) a nitrogenous base (adenine, cytosine, thymine, or guanine)
3) one or two phosphate groups, depending on the nucleotide's position on the double helix

This is for DNA only....in RNA, the nucleotide contains ribose instead of deoxyribose and uracil instead of thymine. The phosphate group(s) and the overall orientation of the molecule are the same.

Answer 4

A nucleotide is comprised of:

a nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine)

a pentose sugar (for DNA)

and at least one phosphate

Answer 5

Nucleotides have a 5 carbon sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base

Answer 6

Sugar (deoxyribose), Phosphate group, and a nitrogen base (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine). My biology teacher taught us a little jingle thing to help us remember this. It's to the tune of Row, row, row your boat.

We love nucleotides
made of DNA,
Sugar, phosphate, and a base
bonded down one side.

That will help you remember that.

Answer 7

ATCG

adenosine
Thiamine
Guanine
Cytocine

I think its those

they have a small sugar attached, ribose