Molecular structure of DNA. The basic unit of DNA is the nucleotide, consisting of a phosphate group, a sugar molecule (deoxyribose) and one of four nucleobases (also known as bases): adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G) or cytosine (C).
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Last year, William Coaker, Jr., chief investment officer for San Francisco Employees' Retirement System, was paid $527,343.14, the highest salary of any city employee. Coaker's colleague Arthur Wang, who is the managing director of the city's pension plan, received the second-highest compensation at $414,515.72.