TEST FOR (Portage Learning) BIOD 210 Module 6 Exam Genetics 2024

TEST FOR (Portage Learning) BIOD 210 Module 6 Exam Genetics 2024 Most common nucleic acids - CORRECT ANSWER-Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Ribonucleic acid (RNA) Nucleic acid monomers - CORRECT ANSWER-nucleotides DNA function - CORRECT ANSWER-stores genetic info encoding primary sequence of proteins RNA function - CORRECT ANSWER-makes proteins from info in DNA Nucleotide structure - CORRECT ANSWER-base + monosaccharide + phosphoric acid (H3PO4) Site of phosphoric acid bonding to sugar - CORRECT ANSWER-Carbon 5 Composition of bases - CORRECT ANSWER-heterocyclic organic compounds containing N Purine structure - CORRECT ANSWER-2 rings fused together Purine bases - CORRECT ANSWER-Adenine and Guanine Pyramidine structure - CORRECT ANSWER-single ring Pyramidine bases - CORRECT ANSWER-Cytosine, thymine (DNA), uracil (RNA) Distinction between thymine and uracil - CORRECT ANSWER-Thymine has an extra methyl group (looks like an antenna) RNA sugar - CORRECT ANSWER-D-ribose; carbon 2 has an -OH group DNA sugar - CORRECT ANSWER-2-deoxy-D-ribose; Carbon 2 has -H Nucleoside structure - CORRECT ANSWER-base covalently bonded to ribose or 2- deoxyribose Site of base + sugar bonding - CORRECT ANSWER-anomeric carbon of sugar and N of base primary structure of nucleic acids - CORRECT ANSWER-covalent bonding of phosphate groups and sugar to form backbone