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How DNA Is Made Up Of Nucleotides

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What is DNA? DNA (Deoxyribonucleic) is a molecule that contains the instructions an organism

needs to develop, live and reproduce. DNA is made up of nucleotides; every nucleotide has a phosphate

group, a sugar group and a nitrogen base. The four types of nitrogen bases are adenine (A), thymine (T),

guanine (G) and cytosine (C).These four bases determine the DNA genetic code. All four nucleotides are

made by sticking a phosphate group and a nucleobase to a sugar. The sugar in all four nucleotides is

called deoxyribose. It’s a cyclical molecule; most of its atoms are arranged in a ring-structure. The ring

contains one oxygen and four carbons. A fifth carbon atom is attached to the fourth carbon of the ring.

The phosphate group is a phosphorous

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