Question
Chemistry Question on Nucleic Acids
A unit in nucleic acid which contains ??ase-sugar phosphate??unit is called
A
nucleotide
B
nucleoside
C
phosphotide
D
polypeptide.
Answer
nucleotide
Explanation
Solution
When nucleoside (a unit formed by attachment of a base to sugar) is linked to phosphoric acid, the unit formed is called nucleotide.