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What are Nucleotides constituents of?
Nucleic Acids (specifically, DNA and RNA)
What are the main components of Nucleotides?
Nitrogenous Base (Pyrimidine or Purine)
Pentose Sugar
1 or more phosphates
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)
What are the two kinds of Pentose Sugars found in Nucleotides?
What form are both found in?
2’-deoxy-d-ribose (DNA)
D-ribose (RNA)
Both found in their Beta-furanose (closed five-membered ring) form