nucleotide

Noun
  1. A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside;
    The basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) (synset 114988729)
    is a type of: ester - organic compound formed by reaction between an acid and an alcohol with elimination of water
    subtypes:
    • base pair - one of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strands; the base pairs are adenine with thymine and guanine with cytosine in DNA and adenine with uracil and guanine with cytosine in RNA
    • adenosine monophosphate, adenylic acid, amp - a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP
    • adenosine diphosphate, adp - an ester of adenosine that is converted to ATP for energy storage
    • adenosine triphosphate, atp - a nucleotide derived from adenosine that occurs in muscle tissue; the major source of energy for cellular reactions
    • a, deoxyadenosine monophosphate - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
    • c, deoxycytidine monophosphate - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
    • deoxyguanosine monophosphate, g - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
    • deoxythymidine monophosphate, t - one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose)
    • muton - the smallest unit of DNA where a mutation can occur
    • polynucleotide - (biochemistry) a linear polymer whose molecule is composed of many nucleotide units constituting a section of a nucleic acid molecule
    • oligo, oligonucleotide - (biochemistry) a polynucleotide whose molecules contain relatively few nucleotides
    • u, uracil - a base containing nitrogen that is found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
    same as: base

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