an organic molecule consisting of a hereocyclic base attached to the 1-carbon of a deoxyribose ring, with a phosphate group esterified at the 5 position of the deoxyribose. Deoxyribonuceotides are the monomer units which make up
deoxyribonucleic acid, the molecule carrying the hereditary information in most organisms. The most common forms of deoxyribonuceotide are
thymidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated
TMP),
deoxyadenosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated
dAMP),
deoxyguanosine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated
dGMP), and
deoxycytidine-5′-phosphate (abbreviated
dCMP).
See: deoxyribonucleic acid