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Polynucleotide vs Nucleotide - What's the difference?

polynucleotide | nucleotide |

Nucleotide is a derived term of polynucleotide.



In biochemistry terms the difference between polynucleotide and nucleotide

is that polynucleotide is a polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA 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.

polynucleotide

English

Noun

(wikipedia polynucleotide) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A polymeric macromolecule composed of many nucleotides; examples include DNA and RNA

    • nucleotide

    English

    (wikipedia 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