Question

Give one example for each aminoacids, sugars, nucleotides as fatty acids.

Answer 1

Aminoacid - Amino acids are organic compounds containing amine (-NH2) and carboxyl (-COOH) functional groups. Examples: Histidine, leucine, glutamine, etc.

Sugar - Sugar is a saccharide that is present in the body, Examples include glucose, sucrose, etc.

Nucleotides - Nucleotides are building blocks of nucleic acidsmadeup of a nitrogenous base, a five-carbon sugar namely, ribose or deoxyribose and one phosphate group. Example include Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine and Uracil.