ester formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
base pair one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
adenosine triphosphate,
atp a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
deoxyadenosine monophosphate,
a one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
deoxycytidine monophosphate,
c one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
deoxyguanosine monophosphate,
g one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
deoxythymidine monophosphate,
t one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
muton the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur
Nucleotides are molecules that, when joined together, make up the structural units of RNA and DNA. In addition, nucleotides play central roles in metabolism. In that capacity, they serve as sources of chemical energy, participate in cellular signaling, and are incorporated into important cofactors of enzymatic reactions.
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nucleotide A chemical compound that consists of 3 portions: a heterocyclic base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups.
