In nucleoside, a base is attached at 1 position of the sugar moiety. A nucleotide is formed by the tinking of the phosphoric acid unit to the sugar unit of the nucleoside. At which position of sugar unit is the phosphoric acid linked in a nucleoside to give a nucleotide


 

Phosphoric acid is linked at 5- position of the sugar moiety of the nucleoside to give a nucleotide.