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38//40 What are the three components of a nucleotide? sugar, phosphate, sugar, phosphate, sugar, oxygen, sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base protein nitrogen base nitrogen base

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sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base

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A nucleotide, the basic unit of DNA and RNA, is composed of three components: a sugar molecule, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base. The sugar molecule is deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA. The phosphate group is attached to the sugar molecule, and the nitrogen base is attached to the sugar molecule. The nitrogen base can be adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine (in DNA), or uracil (in RNA).