Question

An acid soluble compound formed by phosphorylation of nucleoside is called

• A. nitrogen base
• B. adenine
• C. sugar phosphate
• D. nucleotide

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Nucleoside is basically sugar $+$ nitrogenous base. Nucleotide is sugar + nitrogenous base $+$ phosphate. $DNA$ and $RNA$ are composed of nucleotides.