BIOCHEMISTRY (LOOSELEAF)
BIOCHEMISTRY (LOOSELEAF)
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ISBN: 9780190612399
Author: MCKEE
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Definition of the following biological terminologies:

(a) nucleotide

(b) purine

(c) pyrimidine

(d) nucleic acid

(e) ribose

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The organic molecule which is the building block of nucleic acids (deoxyribonucleic acid [DNA] as well as ribonucleic acid [RNA]) is called nucleotide. The nitrogenous bases in a nucleotide can either be a purine or a pyrimidine. A pentose carbohydrate sugar (ribose) with the formula C5H10O5 is a part of the nucleotides. The polymeric form with long chains of nucleotides is known as nucleic acid.

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