NUCLEOTIDES

Nucleotides

–Essential for all cells

–Carriers of activated intermediates in carbohydrate, lipids and proteins

•CoA

•FAD

•NAD

•NADP

–Energy Carriers

•ATP

–Inhibiting or activating enzymes

–DNA

–RNA

NUCLEOTIDE STRUCTURE:

Ribose Sugar

–Ribose

–Deoxyribose

Base

–Purines

–Pyrimidines

Nucleoside

–Base plus sugar

Nucleotide

–E.g., AMP, ADP, ATP.

NOMENCLATURE:


 DNA Purine Bases

–Adenine

–Guanine

Purine Nucleosides

–Adenosine

–Guanosine

DNA Nucleotides (Purine)

–dAMP (deoxyadenylate)

–dGMP (deoxyguanylate)

RNA Nucleotides (Purine)

–Adenylate (AMP)

–Guanylate (GMP)