nucleoside

See also: nucléoside

English

Noun

nucleoside (plural nucleosides)

1. (biochemistry) an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.

Meronyms

• nucleobase

Derived terms

• C-nucleoside
• deoxynucleoside
• nucleosidase

Translations

organic molecule

• Finnish: nukleosidi
• Italian: nucleoside (it) m
• Japanese: ヌクレオシド (nukureoshido)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khmer: ខាងស្នូល (khang snol)
• Turkish: nükleozit

See also

• DNA
• nucleobase
• nucleotide
• RNA

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ide

Noun

nucleoside m (plural nucleosidi)

1. (biochemistry) nucleoside