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Sugar - Either ribose or deoxyribose (in RNA or DNA)

Nitrogenous base - Adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine (only in DNA), uracil (only in RNA)

Phosphates - One to three, two of which are usually hydrolyzed to
provide the energy to attach the nucleotide and form the phosphodiester
bond

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Nucleotides contain all of the components listed EXCEPT amino acids. Amino acids are the basic unit or monomer of proteins.

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