nucleotide

Organic molecules {nucleotide}| can have a nitrogenous base and a phosphate group bound to a pentose sugar.

location

Mitochondria have nucleotide synthesis.

types

Nitrogenous base determines nucleotide type: purine or pyrimidine. Molecule can contain ribose sugar (RNA) or deoxyribose sugar (DNA). Nucleotides make RNA, DNA, ATP, NAD, FAD, CoA, and cyclic AMP.

nucleic acid

Nucleotides can link to other bases with phosphodiester bonds. Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine are in DNA. Adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil are in RNA.

history

Levene and Bass isolated uridylic acid [1931].

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