Which of the following is a component of a nucleotide?
Practice Questions
Q1
Which of the following is a component of a nucleotide?
Amino acid
Fatty acid
Sugar
Protein
Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions
Which of the following is a component of a nucleotide?
Step 1: Understand what a nucleotide is. A nucleotide is a basic building block of DNA and RNA.
Step 2: Identify the three main parts of a nucleotide: a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.
Step 3: Recognize that the sugar can be either ribose (in RNA) or deoxyribose (in DNA).
Step 4: Know that the phosphate group is attached to the sugar and is important for the structure of nucleic acids.
Step 5: Learn that the nitrogenous base can be one of four types: adenine, thymine, cytosine, or guanine (in DNA) or adenine, uracil, cytosine, or guanine (in RNA).
