Chemistry - Biochemistry - Nucleic acids - DNA and RNA - Nucleotide Builder
Interactive nucleotide construction tool. A nucleotide has 3 parts: 1) SUGAR: Choose deoxyribose (DNA) or ribose (RNA). Show the 5-carbon ring with OH groups (ribose has OH at C2', deoxyribose has H at C2' = 'deoxy' means missing O). 2) BASE: Choose from purines (Adenine, Guanine - two rings) or pyr