NUCLEOTIDE


Meaning of NUCLEOTIDE in English

-ˌtīd noun

( -s )

Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary nucle- + -t- + -ide

1. : a compound that is formed by partial hydrolysis of a nucleic acid or occurs free in tissues, that is an ester of a nucleoside and a phosphoric acid, and that may consist of one or more units of phosphate-pentose-nitrogen base — see adenylic acid , cytidylic acid , guanylic acid , thymidylic acid , uridylic acid

2. : any of various compounds chemically related to those obtained from nucleic acids and including some coenzymes (as coenzyme A, the pyridine nucleotides, riboflavin phosphate)

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.