Nucleotide is a holonym of codon.
Nucleotide is a meronym of codon.
In biochemistry terms the difference between codon and nucleotide
is that codon is a sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate while nucleotide is the monomer comprising DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.
codon
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(
wikipedia codon)
(biochemistry) A sequence of three adjacent nucleotides, which encode for a specific amino acid during protein synthesis, or translation. Three special codons, called "stop codons," signal protein synthesis to terminate.
Hyponyms
* anticodon
* stop codon
* start codon
Meronyms
* nucleotide
Anagrams
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nucleotide
Noun
(
en noun)
(biochemistry) the monomer comprising DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.
Derived terms
* cyclic nucleotide
* deoxynucleotide
* deoxyribonucleotide
* dideoxynucleotide
* dinucleotide
* internucleotide
* mononucleotide
* nucleotidyltransferase
* oligodeoxynucleotide
* oligonucleotide
* polynucleotidase
* polynucleotide
* radionucleotide
* ribonucleotide
* tetranucleotide
* trinucleotide
* trinucleotide repeat disorder
Meronyms
* nucleobase
Holonyms
* codon
* DNA
* RNA
See also
* nucleoside
* nucleobase
* DNA
* RNA
