Question

What is the difference between amino acids and nucleotides?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

What is the difference between Amino Acid and Nucleotide?

• Amino acids are building blocks of protein and nucleotides are building blocks of nucleic acids.

• Amino acids have C, H, O, N, S. Nucleotides have C, H, O, N, P

• Amino acids are simple molecules whereas nucleotides are complex than that with a combination of 3 groups.

• Amino acids are important in protein synthesis, whereas nucleotides in cells have a variety of functions other than making DNA and RNA.