{"id":17924,"date":"2020-06-14T06:33:43","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T06:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=17924"},"modified":"2020-12-18T05:42:19","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T05:42:19","slug":"nucleotide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/nucleotide\/","title":{"rendered":"Nucleotide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A chemical compound consisting of a heterocyclic base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups, these compounds form the structural units of DNA.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>An ester of a nucleoside and phosphoric acid. Nucleotides are nucleosides that have a phosphate group attached to one or more of the hydroxyl groups of the sugar (ribose or deoxyribose). In short, a nucleotide is a hybrid molecule consisting of a purine or pyrimidine base covalently linked to a five-membered sugar ring which is covalently linked to a phosphate group. While (polymerized) nucleotides are the structural units of a nucleic acid, free nucleotides that are not an integral part of nucleic acids are also found in tissues and play important roles in the cell, e.g., ATP and cyclic AMP.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A combination of purine and pyrimidine bases, 5-carbon atom sugar, and phosphoric acid.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A chemical compound consisting of a heterocyclic base, a sugar, and one or more phosphate groups, these compounds form the structural units of DNA. An ester of a nucleoside and phosphoric acid. Nucleotides are nucleosides that have a phosphate group attached to one or more of the hydroxyl groups of the sugar (ribose or deoxyribose). 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