Deoxyguanosine
is a nucleosides containing
guanine. Deoxyguanosine
differs from guanine in containing a sugar (deoxyribose).
Phosphorylation of deoxyadenosine produces a nucleotide
found in DNA.
Guanosine is a related nucleoside that contains Ribose instead of deoxyribose as the sugar.
See also: Figure 4.3, RNA, De Novo Biosynthesis of
Purine Nucleotides, Ribonucleotide
Reductase and Deoxyribonucleotide Biosynthesis, Salvage Routes to Deoxyribonucleotide
Synthesis