AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2012

  • question_answer
    Nitrogen base + Pentose sugar + Phosphate group is

    A)  nucleoside       

    B)  nucleotide

    C)  nucleic acid                       

    D)  pyrimidine base

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

                     A nucleotide is formed by the union of a phosphate group with a nucleoside. A nucleoside, intact, contains a sugar molecule along with an organic nitrogen base. Thus, a nucleotide contains an organic nitrogen base along with a sugar molecule and a phosphate group, i.e., Nucleoside = Sugar molecule + organic  nitrogenous base Nucleotide = Nucleoside + phosphate group.


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