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)
- Cytosine (
- Purines (double ring):
- Adenine (
abbr.
A) - Guanine (
abbr.
G)
- Adenine (
- Pyrimidines (single ring):
- Pentose sugar
- Deoxyribose (DNA only)
- Ribose (RNA only)
- Phosphate
[!abstract] Nucleoside
Subunit of a nucleotide consisting of the N-base and the sugar