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Nucleoside vs Orotidine - What's the difference?

nucleoside | orotidine |

As nouns the difference between nucleoside and orotidine

is that nucleoside is nucleoside while orotidine is (biochemistry) a nucleoside formed by reaction of orotic acid with ribose.

nucleoside

English

Noun

(wikipedia nucleoside) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) an organic molecule in which a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine, is covalently attached to a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA). When the phosphate group is covalently attached to the pentose sugar, it forms a nucleotide.

    • Derived terms

    * nucleosidase

    Meronyms

    * nucleobase

    See also

    * DNA * nucleobase * nucleotide * RNA ----

    orotidine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia orotidine) (-)
  • (biochemistry) A nucleoside formed by reaction of orotic acid with ribose