Each DNA nucleotide is composed of ____.
A) a six-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and one of twenty amino acids
B) a five-carbon sugar, a nitrogenous base, and one of twenty amino acids
C) a five-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and one of four nitrogenous bases
D) a six-carbon sugar, a nitrogenous base, and one of four amino acids
E) a five-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and one of four amino acids

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DNA nucleotides are made up of a five-carbon sugar (deoxyribose), a phosphate group, and one of four nitrogenous bases (adenine, thymine, cytosine, or guanine), not amino acids.

Each DNA Nucleotide Is Composed of ____