CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
BIO MOLECULES
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sugar and phosphate
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a base and a phosphate
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a base and a sugar
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a base, a sugar, and phosphate
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Detailed explanation-1: -A nucleotide is the basic building block of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA). A nucleotide consists of a sugar molecule (either ribose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA) attached to a phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing base. The bases used in DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T).
Detailed explanation-2: -DNA is made up of four building blocks called nucleotides: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C). The nucleotides attach to each other (A with T, and G with C) to form chemical bonds called base pairs, which connect the two DNA strands.
Detailed explanation-3: -A nucleotide is considered as the basic building block of the nucleic acid. Nucleic acids are composed of monomers called nucleotides that are made up of a nitrogen base, five carbon sugars and a phosphate group. In a nucleic acid, if the sugar is made up of a compound ribos, then it is ribonucleic acid.
Detailed explanation-4: -They are made up of a pentose sugar, a nitrogenous base and one or more terminal phosphate group(s). They are building blocks of DNA and RNA.