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OCR A-Level Biology Nucleic Acids Summary

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DNA :


Deoxyribonucleic acid
Nucleotide Pentose monosaccharide , phosphate and base
nitrogenous
:




↳ form b'-5'
Phosphodiester bonds

Pyrimidine Sman
nitrogenous bases with one carbon ring Thymine and Cytosine
:




Purine large nitrogenous base Adenine and Guanine
with two carbon
rings
:
-



↳ Purines
always bond pyrimidines keep evenly spaced
with to

Double helix :
Two strands of DNA run antiparamel joined by hydrogen bonds

Complementary base pairing Cytosine :
makes 3
hydrogen bonds with guanine
Adenine makes 2
hydrogen bonds with
thymine
RNA : Ribonucleic acid ->
short section of transcribed DNA

↳ Uracil
replaces thymine
Semi Conservative Replication :
:
DNA helicase unzips the double helix
2 .

Free nucleotides pair with the bases

3
DNA polymeise Catalyses the formation of backbone
sugar-phosphate
.

a new

4 .
Two semi-conservative DNA molecules are produced
Leading Strand DNA strand unzipped from
:
the 3'end -> Antisense strand

Lagging Strand DNA strand
:

unzipped from the 'end ->
sense strand

Continuous replication Continual replication of :
the
leading strand by DNA polymerase
Discontinuous replication replication of the fragments
Staggered lagging strand - Okazaki
:




Degenerate Code :
Several base combinations code for the some amino acid

Transcription :


:
DNA helicase unzips the double helix around the
gene
2
Free RNA nucleotides with the bases on the template antisense Strand
.




pair
3.

RNA polymerise Catalyses the formation of a new
sugar phosphate backbone

4 MRNA of the
.
sense strand is produced and leaves the nucleus

Translation :


1 .
mRNA binds to the ribosome

2
ERNA with acid binds to the mRNA
the
complimentary amino
.




.
3
Another RNA binds to the next codon of the mRNA

4 .

Peptidyl transferase catalyses the formation of a peptide band ,
releasing the RNA

5 This repeats until the stop Codan is
.
reached ->
polypeptide is released and modified by the
golgi

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