A nucleotide contains a pentose sugar, a phosphate group, and
A) a lipid.
B) an acid.
C) a nitrogen-containing base.
D) an amino acid.
E) a glycerol.

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A nucleotide contains a pentose sugar and a phosphate group, but the most important component is a nitrogen-containing base. The four nitrogen-containing bases in DNA are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. In RNA, thymine is replaced by uracil. The base pairs that form between these bases dictate the genetic code.

A Nucleotide Contains a Pentose Sugar, a Phosphate Group, and