Nucleotides & Nucleic Acids

• Ribose or Deoxyribose

(5 carbon sugar)

• Nitrogenous Base

  • Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine/Uracil

• Functions

  • chemical messengers
  • energy carriers
  • coenzymes in transport and electrons
  • RNA and DNA

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