Question

What is the difference between a nucleoside tetraphosphate and a tetranucleotide? What is the difference between a nucleoside tetraphosphate and a tetranucleotide? A nucleoside tetraphosphate yields upon complete hydrolysis one nucleobase, one sugar, and four phosphates. A tetranucleotide yields four bases, four sugars, and at least three phosphates. A nucleoside tetraphosphate yields upon complete hydrolysis one nucleobase, four sugars, and at least three phosphates. A tetranucleotide yields four nucleobases, one sugar, and four phosphates. A nucleoside tetraphosphate yields upon complete hydrolysis four nucleobases, one sugar, and four phosphates. A tetranucleotide yields one base, four sugars, and at least three phosphates. A nucleoside tetraphosphate yields upon complete hydrolysis four nucleobases, four sugars, and at least three phosphates. A tetranucleotide yields one base, one sugar, and four phosphates?

Answer 1

The correct answer is option A which is a nucleoside tetraphosphate yields upon complete hydrolysis one nucleobase, one sugar, and four phosphates. A tetranucleotide yields four bases, four sugars, and at least three phosphates.

Step-by-step explanation:

• nucleoside = Nitrogenous base + ribose sugar
• nucleoside tetraphosphate = nucleoside + 4 atoms of phosphate.
• That is why on hydrolysis nucleoside tetraphosphate yields one nucleobase, one sugar, and four phosphates.
• Nucleotide = Nitrogenous base + ribose sugar + 3 phosphate.
• Tetra nucleotide = 4 Nucleotide.
• That is why on hydrolysis, yield is 4 bases, 4 ribose sugar and at least 3 phosphate.
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Answer 2

The correct answer is:

A nucleoside tetraphosphate yields upon complete hydrolysis one nucleobase, one sugar, and four phosphates.

A tetranucleotide yields four bases, four sugars, and at least three phosphates.

Nucleosides are glycosylamines that can can be defined as a nucleotides without a phosphate group. So, nucleoside is composed of a nitrogenous base covalently attached to a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) without the phosphate group. On the other hand, nucleotide is composed of a nitrogenous base, a sugar and one to three phosphate groups.