Linked to the 3'-OH of the pentose-3-ribonucleotide (RNA)
Nomenclature of nucleosides
adenine
A-deoxyribeside deoxyckasine
A-shoside adenosine
G-deoxyriboside-deoxyguanosing)
G-buside guanosine
cy passing deexyriboside-deoxycytidine
Cibaside cytidine
T-deoxyriboside deoxythymidine
U-riboside uridine
Nucleotides in DNA
base - deoxyribose - phosphate
Nucleotides in DNA
5-dAMP-deoxyadenosine-5'-PO4
5-dGMP-deoxyguanosine-S-PO4
5-dTMP-deoxythymidine-5-PO4
5'-dCMP-deoxycytidine-5-PO4
Nucleotides in RNA
base ribose phosphate
Nucleotides in RNA
5'-AMP adenosine-5'- PO
5'-GMP guanosine-5'- PO
5'-UMP uridine-5'- PO
5'-CMP cytidine-S-PO
Nucleoside triphosphates
ATP adenosine-5-triphosphate
dATP-deoxyadenosine-5'-triphosphate
Nucleic acids (RNA and DNA)
Nucleotides held in chains by bridging a phosphate group that extends between the 5'-carbon of one sugar with the 3'-carbon of a second sugar (held together by a phosphodiester bond)
Produces a backbone chain of alternating sugar and PO4 groups
