Nucleotide = nucleoside + phosphate

    A nucleotide is a nucleoside monophosphate. The 9'-C of adenine base is added to the 1'-C of deoxyribose, to produce the nucleoside Deoxyadenylic acid. The nucleotide is formed by addition of the monophospate to the projecting 5’-carbon of the sugar. The other three nucleotides are formed in an analogous way.


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