Ribonucleotide vs. Deoxyribonucleotide

Ribonucleotidenoun

Any nucleotide having ribose as its sugar

Ribonucleotide

In biochemistry, a ribonucleotide is a nucleotide containing ribose as its pentose component. It is considered a molecular precursor of nucleic acids.

Deoxyribonucleotidenoun

Any nucleotide containing deoxyribose.

Deoxyribonucleotidenoun

an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are thymidine-5´-phosphate (abbreviated TMP), deoxyadenosine-5´-phosphate (abbreviated dAMP), deoxyguanosine-5´-phosphate (abbreviated dGMP), and deoxycytidine-5´-phosphate (abbreviated dCMP).

Deoxyribonucleotide

A deoxyribonucleotide is a nucleotide that contains deoxyribose. They are the monomeric units of the informational biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).