Single Choice

An acid soluble compound formed by phosphorylation of nucleoside is called

ANitrogen base
BAdenine
CSugar phosphate
DNucleotide
Correct Answer

Solution

A nucleotide has three components – a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar (ribose in case of RNA, and deoxyribose for DNA), and a phosphate group.
A nitrogenous base is linked to the pentose sugar through a N-glycosidic linkage to form a nucleoside, such as adenosine or deoxyadenosine, guanosine or deoxyguanosine, cytidine or deoxycytidine and uridine or deoxythymidine. When a phosphate group is linked to 5' -OH of a nucleoside through phosphoester linkage, a corresponding nucleotide (or deoxynucleotide depending upon the type of sugar present) is formed.
So, the correct option is 'Nucleotide'.


SIMILAR QUESTIONS

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