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Nucleotides and Nucleosides
Concepts tested here
- ATP as ribonucleotide
All Questions
2000 AIPMT 1 question
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ATP is :A nucleoside is a nitrogenous base + a pentose sugar; a nucleotide is a nucleoside + phosphate group(s).
ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is adenine + ribose + three phosphate groups. So it is a nucleotide (a ribonucleoside triphosphate).
So ATP is a nucleotide.