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Hifumi's Study Notes📕Cegep 1BiologyNucleotide

Nucleotide ​

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Monomer of nucleic acids

Composed of:

  • Nitrogenous (also nitrogen-containing or N-) base
    • Pyrimidines (single ring):
      • Cytosine (abbr. C)
      • Thymine (abbr. T) (DNA only)
      • Uracil (abbr. U) (RNA only)
    • Purines (double ring):
      • Adenine (abbr. A)
      • Guanine (abbr. G)
  • Pentose sugar
    • Deoxyribose (DNA only)
    • Ribose (RNA only)
  • Phosphate

[!abstract] Nucleoside
Subunit of a nucleotide consisting of the N-base and the sugar

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