nucleoside
Sign in to saveNucleosides are glycosylamines that can be thought of as nucleotides without a phosphate group. A nucleoside consists simply of a nucleobase (also termed a nitrogenous base) and a five-carbon sugar (ribose or 2'-deoxyribose) whereas a nucleotide is composed of a nucleobase, a five-carbon sugar, and one or more phosphate groups. In a nucleoside, the anomeric carbon is linked through a glycosidic bond to the N9 of a purine or the N1 of a pyrimidine. Nucleotides are the molecular building blocks of DNA and RNA.
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A nucleoside is a molecule made up of a nitrogenous base attached to a five-carbon sugar, and it's essentially a nucleotide without its phosphate group. Nucleosides matter because nucleotides—which are nucleosides plus phosphate groups—are the fundamental building blocks that make up DNA and RNA.
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- List of nucleosides and corresponding nucleobases {{Anchor|List of nucleosides and corresponding nucleobases}}<!--This section is linked at all of the relevant articles, so maintain the anchor here even if the heading wording changes.-->
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- Prebiotic synthesis of ribonucleosides
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Nucleosides are glycosylamines that can be thought of as nucleotides without a phosphate group. A nucleoside consists simply of a nucleobase (also termed a nitrogenous base) and a five-carbon sugar (ribose or 2'-deoxyribose) whereas a nucleotide is composed of a nucleobase, a five-carbon sugar, and one or more phosphate groups. In a nucleoside, the anomeric carbon is linked through a glycosidic bond to the N9 of a purine or the N1 of a pyrimidine. Nucleotides are the molecular building blocks of DNA and RNA.
== List of nucleosides and corresponding nucleobases ==