Page 219 - The Manga Guide to Biochemistry

Nucleic acid and nucleotides Nucleic acid consists
of a long chain of
Now let's examine substances called
the structure of
nucleotides* connected
nucleic acid! together.

I see.

* Nucleotides also appeared when we
discussed graphs in Chapter 4.

A nucleotide is formed by bonding
a base, a phosphate, and a pentose

(five-carbon sugar), as follows:

Pentose Nucleotide

Base

Base Ribose 1 to 3
phosphates
Phosphate Or Ribonucleotide

Deoxyribose Base

1 to 3
phosphates

Deoxyribonucleotide

Uhh... And if just a
base and a pentose bond
(without a phosphate), the
result is called a nucleoside.

Base Base