133k views
3 votes
Which of the following could be a nucleotide of RNA?

deoxyribose + phosphate group + thymine
deoxyribose + phosphate group + uracil
ribose + phosphate group + thymine
ribose + phosphate group + uracil

User Humty
by
7.8k points

2 Answers

1 vote

Answer:

D

Step-by-step explanation:

User Gene Bogdanovich
by
7.8k points
1 vote

Answer:ribose + phosphate group + uracil

Step-by-step explanation:

A nucleotide is made up of 5 carbon sugar,phosphate group and the nitrogenous organic bases.

RNA is Ribonucleic acid so its nucleotide contains Ribose a 5 carbon sugar,phosphate group and a Nitrogenous organic base. For RNA its organic bases includes Adenine,guanine,cytosine and Uracil which replaces thymine as in the case of DNA.

User Rodrigo Vedovato
by
8.1k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.