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They are attached to a deoxyribose sugar.

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Q: What is the name of the specific molecule to which the nucleotide is attached?
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The basic unit of DNA is?

It is called a nucleotide. The basic unit of DNA and RNA is nucleic acid. Notice DNA and RNA both end in NA that is because NA stands for nucleic acid. The D in DNA stand for Deoxyribo. And the R in RNA stands for ribo. So DNA's full name is deoxyribo nucleic acid and RNA's full name is ribo nucleic acid.


What is the name of the subunit used to build DNA and RNA?

The name of the subunit used to build DNA and RNA is a nucleotide. Unlike DNA, RNA contains uracil. The nucleotide that is found in DNA is deoxyribose plus phosphate group plus cytosine.


What is the definition of nucleotide?

Nucleotides are the 'rung' or 'dowel-like' structures that hold the DNA strand together. Nucleotides consist of Purines (adenine and Guanine) and Pyrimidines (Thymine and Cytosine) {{ A to T....G to C}} A neucleotide is an organic compound that is made up of three joined structures. see also site presenting Visualization invented in 2015 by Polish scientist Gregory Podgorniak: studia.scienceontheweb.net/visualization.php


What carbohydrate is found in RNA?

The carbohydrate in DNA is deoxyribose.More fully, the name is beta-D-2-deoxyribose.DNA is a polymer of nucleotides. Each nucleotide consists of a phosphate group, a molecule of deoxyribose, and one of four bases.Deoxyribose is a pentose sugar (it has five carbon atoms). In DNA the sugar residue includes a five-membered ring comprising four of the carbons and one oxygen atom. The fifth carbon is attached to one of the other carbons.Deoxyribose takes its name from ribose (the sugar in RNA). Ribose has a hydroxyl group on carbon 2 ( -CHOH- ) but deoxyribose lacks this hydroxyl group and therefore has one oxygen atom fewer than ribose. The DNA carbon 2 (designated 2' in the nucleotide because the numbering begins in the base) carries two hydrogen atoms ( -CH2- ).


Name 3 parts to a nucleotide then draw and label one?

The 3 parts of a nucleotide are : base,phosphate and sugar. :)