Nucleotide Synthesis Alteration

**Semantic type:** Physiologic Function

**Definition:** Nucleotide Synthesis Alteration involves a change in the quality of the existing state of activities of biologic molecules or complexes involved in the enzymatic formation of nucleoside phosphates, the monomeric building blocks from which DNA or RNA polymers are constructed that consist of a purine or pyrimidine base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group.