Portage Learning Chem 210 Biochem Module 6 Questions & Answers with rationales
Most common nucleic acids Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Ribonucleic acid (RNA) Nucleic acid monomers nucleotides DNA function stores genetic info encoding primary sequence of proteins RNA function makes proteins from info in DNA Nucleotide structure base + monosaccharide + phosphoric acid (H3PO4) Site of phosphoric acid bonding to sugar Carbon 5 Composition of bases heterocyclic organic compounds containing N Purine structure 2 rings fused together Purine bases Adenine and Guanine Pyramidine structure single ring Pyramidine bases Cytosine, thymine (DNA), uracil (RNA) Distinction between thymine and uracil Thymine has an extra methyl group (looks like an antenna) RNA sugar D-ribose; carbon 2 has an -OH group DNA sugar 2-deoxy-D-rib
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