Chapter 9.3, Problem 2MI

Summary Introduction

To define:

The term ‘nucleotide’.

Introduction:

Nucleic acid is one of the most important biomolecule present in the nucleus of the cell. It carries a genetic material called DNA which transfer from one generation to the other.

Explanation of Solution

Nucleotides are composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group. They are the basic unit of nucleic acid and present in the living cell.

Nucleotides play out a wide assortment of capacities in the living cells. These incorporates their part as basic segments of certain coenzymes of B-complex nutrients like: FAD, NAD+, in the energy responses of cells. They additionally control the metabolic responses in the living body.