nukleotida

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from English nucleotide.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /nukləoˈtida/ [nu.klə.oˈt̪i.da]
• Rhymes: -ida
• Syllabification: nu‧kle‧o‧ti‧da

Noun

nukleotida (plural nukleotida-nukleotida)

1. (biochemistry) nucleotide: The monomer constituting DNA or RNA biopolymer molecules. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous heterocyclic base (or nucleobase), which can be either a double-ringed purine or a single-ringed pyrimidine; a five-carbon pentose sugar (deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA); and a phosphate group.

Further reading

• “nukleotida” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.