Answer:
Nucleotides comprise:
- a 5-Carbon deoxyribose sugar,
- one nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine thymine, and cytosine)
- and a phosphate group.
Explanation:
Nucleotides are monomers that makeup DNA- a nucleic acid that functions as a storage molecule for encoding proteins, along with RNA a ribose sugar-containing nucleotide. Nucleotides contain a 5-carbon deoxyribose or ribose sugar, phosphate and one of four nitrogenous bases:
- Adenine (A)
- Guanine (G)
- Cytosine (C)
- Thymine (T).
- Uracil (U) found in RNA
Each nucleotide derives its name from its nitrogenous base. The nucleotides on a single strand polymerize via covalent bonding. This occurs between two nucleotides in an esterification reaction where a phosphodiester bond is formed. In double helix formation, base pairs form hydrogen bonds with each other.
