Both DNA and RNA nucleotides contain three basic components. Nucleotides contain all of the components listed EXCEPT

Aamino acids.

Ba 5-carbon sugar.

Cnitrogenous bases.

Da phosphate group.

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A. amino acids. thisĀ is the correct answer

Answer: The correct answer is- A) amino acids.

Nucleotide is considered as the monomer of nucleic acid ( which includes DNA and RNA).

There are three basic components in a nucleotide that is -

1) A pentose sugar ( a 5-carbon sugar, which is dexyribose sugar in DNA and ribose sugar in RNA) .

2) A nitrogenous base ( Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine in DNA nucleotide and Adenine, Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine in RNA nucleotide)

3) A phosphate group.

Thus, amino acids are not present in nucleotides.