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Like DNA, RNA polymers are make up of chains of nucleotides. These nucleotides have three parts: 1) a five carbon ribose sugar, 2) a phosphate molecule and 3) one of four nitrogenous bases: adenine, guanine, cytosine or uracil. RNA nucleotides form polymers of alternating ribose and phosphate units linked by a phosphodiester bridge between the #3 and #5 carbons of neighboring ribose molecules. RNA nucleotides differ from DNA nucleotides by the presence of a hydroxyl group linked to the #2 carbon of the sugar.
Quick Answer. Nucleotides are made up of a phosphate group, a five-ring sugar and a nitrogenous base. Nucleic acids, such as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic (RNA), contain repeating nucleotides. Nucleotides link together to form nucleic acids by connecting the phosphate group of one nucleotide to the sugar of another.