Question

What is the difference between nucleotide and nucleoside ? Give one example of each.

Answer 1

S.No.	Nucleotide	Nucleoside
(i)	Nucleotide is made up of base, sugar and phosphoric acid.	Nitrogenous base and sugar form a nucleoside.
(ii)	Nucleotide of RNA is called ribonucleotide and nucleotide having deoxyribonucleotide is called deoxyribonucleotide.	Nucleoside with - ribose sugar is called riboside or ribonucleoside. Nucleoside with deoxyribose sugar is called deoxyribonucleoside.
(iii)	Example : Adenylic acid, guanylic acid, cytidylic acid, thymidylic acid, uridylic acid, AMP.	Example: Adenosine, guanosine, cytidine, thymidine and uridine.