Which of the following is not present in a nucleotide?

Question

Which of the following is not present in a nucleotide? (A) Cytosine (B) Guanine (C) Adenine (D) Tyrosine

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A nucleotide contains a pentose sugar [deoxyribose (in DNA) or ribose (in RNA], nitrogeneous base [such as adenine or guanine or thymine (in DNA) or cytosine or uracil (in RNA)] and a phosphate molecule.

Q. Which of the following is not present in a nucleotide?

Cytosine

Guanine

Adenine

Tyrosine

A nucleotide contains a pentose sugar [deoxyribose (in DNA) or ribose (in RNA], nitrogeneous base [such as adenine or guanine or thymine (in DNA) or cytosine or uracil (in RNA)] and a phosphate molecule.