Nucleotides And Bases

Both ribose and deoxyribose have five carbon atoms and one oxygen atom. Attached to the carbon atoms are hydrogen atoms and hydroxyl teams. A nucleotide without phosphate group is named nucleoside. Also, depending on the nucleobase element, the nucleosides may be grouped into both the “double-ringed” purine or the “single-ringed” pyrimidine. RNA is the nucleic...