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What makes nucleic acids different from the other bio molecules?
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∙ 7y ago
- Presence of Pyrimidine and Purine
- Nucleic acids store and transmit genetic information that makes them different from other macromolecules.
- Nucleic acids contain ribose and deoxyribose sugar connected with bases.
- Nucleotides are joined by covalent bonds called Phosphodiester.Wiki User
∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe term nucleic acid is the overall name for DNA and RNA. Like proteins nucleic acids are long organic polymers. However they have a quite regular structure: a backbone constituted by a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group and a set of nucleobases that are linked as lateral leaves at this backbone.
Different DNAs differs only for the length and the order of the nuclobases. Since the possible nucleobases are only four, we can call them A, B, C, and D and represents the DNA as a word made of four letters.
A DNA strain can be represented for example as
ABBDCCCAADCABAAD.....
In reality there is a complementarity between the nuceobase like: A-C and B-D. The DNA is formed by two complementary strands linked together so that if one is
ADBBCDBB ....
the other is
CBDDABDD...
The two strands are linked together to form a sort of helix (an image can be found easily on internet.
RNAs are instead single stranded with a a different pentose sugar in the backbone (DNA contains 2'-deoxyribose while RNA contains ribose) and the same bases.
The double stranded structure is used for DNA duplication, while RNA are no duplicated by are produced by synthesis.
Nucleic acids can vary in size, but are generally very large molecules. DNA molecules are probably the largest individual molecules known. Well studied biological nucleic acid molecules range in size from 21 bases (small interfering RNA) to large chromosomes (human chromosome 1 is a single molecule that contains 247 million base pairs)
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid containing the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms (with the exception of RNA viruses). The DNA segments carrying this genetic information are called genes. Likewise, other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in regulating the use of this genetic information.
As all nucleic acids, DNA consists of two long polymers of simple units called nucleotides, with backbones made of sugars and phosphate groups joined by ester bonds. These two strands run in opposite directions to each other and are therefore anti-parallel. Attached to each sugar is one of four types of molecules called bases.
It is the sequence of these four bases along the backbone that encodes information. This information is read using the genetic code, which specifies the sequence of the amino acids within proteins. The code is read by copying stretches of DNA into the related nucleic acid RNA in a process called transcription.
Within cells DNA is organized into long structures called chromosomes. During cell division these chromosomes are duplicated in the process of DNA replication, providing each cell its own complete set of chromosomes.
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Where in the cell will you find nucleic acids?
The nucleic acids that comprise DNA are guanine, adenine, cytosine, and thymine. The nucleic acids that comprise RNA (which is produced as a copy of DNA and a template for making proteins, and also makes up the ribosomes, among other things) are the same, except instead of thymine you have uracil. There are many other nucleic acids that play different roles in the cell, but those are the main ones.
What type of macromolecule makes up DNA and RNA?
Both DNA and RNA are macromolecules called nucleic acid's
What macromolecules are found in living things?
explain the general structure and functions of the major complex organic molecules that compose living organisms.
Which macromolecules are made of repating small units?
Proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates are made in such fashion. amino acids are the monomers of proteins. Nucleotides make DNA/RNA. sugars such as glucose makes starch or glycogen.
What are the four macromolecules and there building blocks?
Lipids- Molecules mostly made up of Carbon and Hydrogen atoms that makes fats, oils, and waxCarbohydrates-Compound composed carbon, hydrogen, oxygen in a ratio of 1:2 Carbon and Hydrogen atomsProteins- are made of small carbon compounds called Nucleic AcidsNucleic Acids-small compounds of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, hydrogen, and sometimes sulfur
What is the name of the macro molecules that makes DNA?
Nucleic acids.
What is the name of the molecules that makes up DNA?
Nucleic acids.
What is the name of the macro molecules that makes up DNA?
Nucleic acids.
What is the name of the macromolecules that makes up DNA?
Nucleic acids.
What is the name of the macromolecule that makes DNA?
Nucleic acids
Are nucleic acids amino acids?
No they're not. A nucleic acid is a polymer of nucleotides (1 nitrogenous base, 1 phosphate group and 1 pentose) bonded together by a phosphodiester bond. The two most famous nucleic acids are RNA and DNA An amino acid is a molecules that makes up polypeptides chains and proteins
Explain how polar and nonpolar groups are important to the structure and functions of lipids proteins and nucleic acids?
the lipids has the fatty acids and the glyceral in the structure and the proteins has the amino acids in their structure the carbohydrades has the different sugars with different carbon skeletan structure and the nucleic acids have the different nucleotide sequence which makes it easy to identity a molecule
What cell makes the building blocks?
Nucleic acids
Why don't we eat nucleic acids?
our body makes them on its own
Describe the characteristics that distinguish nucleic acids from the other major groups of macromolecules.?
- Presence of Pyrimidine and Purine - Nucleic acids store and transmit genetic information that makes them different from other macromolecules. - Nucleic acids contain ribose and deoxyribose sugar connected with bases. - Nucleotides are joined by covalent bonds called Phosphodiester.
Where in the cell will you find nucleic acids?
The nucleic acids that comprise DNA are guanine, adenine, cytosine, and thymine. The nucleic acids that comprise RNA (which is produced as a copy of DNA and a template for making proteins, and also makes up the ribosomes, among other things) are the same, except instead of thymine you have uracil. There are many other nucleic acids that play different roles in the cell, but those are the main ones.
What is DNA makes up?
Nucleic acids make up them. They are the monomers
