Deoxycytidine triphosphate (dCTP) is one of the four nucleoside triphosphates that are used as building blocks for DNA synthesis. It is composed of three main components: 1. **Deoxyribose**: A five-carbon sugar that forms the backbone of DNA but lacks an oxygen atom at the 2' position compared to ribose, which is found in RNA.
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