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ribonucleotide(rī'bō-nūklē-ə-tīd', -nyū'-) |
A nucleotide that contains ribose as its sugar and is a component of RNA.
[RIBO(SE) + NUCLEOTIDE.]
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ribonucleotide
| Medical Dictionary: ri·bo·nu·cle·o·tide |
n.
A nucleotide that contains ribose as its sugar and usually occurs as a component of RNA.
| Veterinary Dictionary: ribonucleotide |
A nucleotide in which the purine or pyrimidine base is combined with ribose.
| Wikipedia: ribonucleotide |
A ribonucleotide is a nucleotide in which a purine or pyrimidine base is linked to a ribose molecule. The base may be adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), or uracil (U). Note that thymine (T), which is found in deoxyribonucleotides, is not found as a ribonucleotides in living beings. Ribonucleotides have one, two, or three phosphate groups attached to the ribose sugar.
Ribonucleotides include adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which is the major source of energy for cell work.
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