Nucleotide consists of

Question

Nucleotide consists of (A) phosphate only (B) phosphate and sugar only (C) phosphate, sugar and nitrogen base (D) phosphate and nitrogen base only

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A sugar molecule and a nitrogenous base form a nucleoside, and a nucleoside plus a phosphate group form a nucleotide. The nucleotides of RNA are called ribonucleotides, and those of DNA deoxyribonucleotides. Ribonucleotides contain the sugar ribose and dexyribonucleotides the sugar deoxyribose.

Q. Nucleotide consists of

phosphate only

phosphate and sugar only

phosphate, sugar and nitrogen base

phosphate and nitrogen base only

A sugar molecule and a nitrogenous base form a nucleoside, and a nucleoside plus a phosphate group form a nucleotide. The nucleotides of RNA are called ribonucleotides, and those of DNA deoxyribonucleotides. Ribonucleotides contain the sugar ribose and dexyribonucleotides the sugar deoxyribose.