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What are Nucleotides constituents of?

Nucleic Acids (specifically, DNA and RNA)

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What are the main components of Nucleotides?

  1. Nitrogenous Base (Pyrimidine or Purine)

  2. Pentose Sugar

  3. 1 or more phosphates

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What are the Purine Bases?

Pyrimidine Bases?

Purines:

  • Adenine (A)

  • Guanine (G)

Pyrimidines:

  • Cytosine (C)

  • Thymine (T; only in DNA)

  • Uracil (U; only in RNA)

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What are the two kinds of Pentose Sugars found in Nucleotides?

What form are both found in?

  1. 2’-deoxy-d-ribose (DNA)

  2. D-ribose (RNA)

Both found in their Beta-furanose (closed five-membered ring) form

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