nucleotide

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Etymology

From nucleo- (“relating to the nucleus”) + -ide (“chemical suffix”)

Noun

nucleotide (plural nucleotides)

1. (biochemistry) the monomer comprising DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

Derived terms

cyclic nucleotide deoxynucleotide deoxyribonucleotide dideoxynucleotide dinucleotide internucleotide mononucleotide nucleotidyltransferase oligodeoxynucleotide

oligonucleotide polynucleotidase polynucleotide radionucleotide ribonucleotide tetranucleotide trinucleotide trinucleotide repeat disorder

Meronyms

• nucleobase

Holonyms

• codon
• DNA
• RNA

See also

• nucleoside
• nucleobase
• DNA
• RNA

Translations

monomer comprising DNA or RNA

• Esperanto: nukleotido (eo)
• Finnish: nukleotidi (fi)
• French: nucléotide (fr) m
• German: Nukleotid (de) n
• Icelandic: kirni (is) n, núkleótíð (is) n
• Italian: nucleotide (it) m

• Japanese: ヌクレオチド (ja) (nukureochido)
• Korean: 뉴클레오티드 (ko) (nyukeulle-otideu)
• Portuguese: nucleotídeo (pt) m
• Romanian: nucleotide (ro)
• Spanish: nucleótido (es) m
• Turkish: nükleotit (tr)

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Italian

Noun

nucleotide m (plural nucleotidi)

1. (biochemistry) nucleotide

Related terms

• nucleotidico