CELL STRUCTURES AND FUNCTION
BIO MOLECULES
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Question
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What are the three main parts of a nucleotide?
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carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen
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phosphate, sugar, and nitrogen base
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phosphate, sulfate, and nitrate
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adenine, thymine, and uracil
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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). In RNA, the base uracil (U) takes the place of thymine.
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