The difference between ATP and the nucleoside triphosphates used during DNA synthesis is that:

Chemistry

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12345 [234]2 years ago

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Answer:

The correct answer is <em>d. The nucleoside triphosphates have the sugar deoxyribose; ATP has the sugar ribose.</em>

Explanation:

The nucleoside triphosphates are components of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) so they are composed by a nitrogenous base (adenine, guanine, thymine or cytosine) and a deoxyribose sugar. In contraposition, ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is composed by the nitrogenous base adenine and a ribose sugar along with three phosphates groups. Unlike ribose, deoxyribose is a 5-carbon sugar which lack of an oxygen atom in C2 position.

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