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Question

Anucleothide is formed of

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A.purine, pyrimidine and phosphate
B.purine, sugar and phosphate
C.nitrogen base, sugar and phosphate
D.pyrimidine, sugar and phosphate

Solution

Anucleothide is a compound made of a nitrogenous base, a pentose dugar and phosphate. Phosphate comphate combines with sugar at its 5′ carbon, sugar with nitrogenous base at carbon 1′ while nitrogen base is usually attached to sugar at its 9 (purine) or 1 (pyrimidine) atom. Cormmon nucleotides are ANP (Adenosine Mono Phosphate), CMP (Cytidine Mono Phosphate), ATP etc.

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