Nucleoside

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Nucleobase	Nucleoside	Deoxynucleoside
Image:Adenine chemical structure.png Adenine	Image:A chemical structure.png Adenosine A	Image:DA chemical structure.png Deoxyadenosine dA
Image:Guanine chemical structure.png Guanine	Image:G chemical structure.png Guanosine G	Image:DG chemical structure.png Deoxyguanosine dG
Image:Thymine chemical structure.png Thymine	Image:M5U chemical structure.png 5-Methyluridine m5U	Image:DT chemical structure.png Deoxythymidine dT
Image:Uracil chemical structure.png Uracil	Image:U chemical structure.png Uridine U	Image:DU chemical structure.png Deoxyuridine dU
Image:Cytosine chemical structure.png Cytosine	Image:C chemical structure.png Cytidine C	Image:DC chemical structure.png Deoxycytidine dC

Nucleosides are glycosylamines made by attaching a nucleobase to a ribose ring. Examples of these include cytidine, uridine, adenosine, guanosine, thymidine and inosine.

Nucleosides can be phosphorylated by specific kinases in the cell, producing nucleotides, which are the molecular building blocks of DNA and RNA.

Nucleosides are produced as the second step in nucleic acid digestion, when nucleotidases break down nucleotides (such as the thymine nucleotide) into nucleosides (such as thymidine). The nucleosides, in turn, are subsequently broken down by nucleosidases into nitrogenous bases, ribose or deoxyribose sugars, and phosphates. In humans, this occurs in the small intestine.

See also

• Nucleobase
• Nucleotide
• DNA
• RNA
• Adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

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