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All food does contain nucleic acid, as that is the basis of DNA, which is in all living things.
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Is a sugar a nucleic acid?
No, although there is a sugar (pentose) in nucleic acids.
Why is nucleic acids found in all foods?
The food we eat comes from living things. All living things are composed of cells which contain the nucleic acids DNA and RNA to control the cell's activities by controlling protein synthesis.
What property do all nucleic acids have in common?
They all contain nucleotides.
What do proteins nucleic acids and carbohydrates all have in common?
They are all organic compounds, that is they contain carbon. They all contain hydrogen and oxygen too. Proteins and nucleic acids additionally have nitrogen, and nucleic acids have phosphorus. In addition, proteins, nucleic acids and polysaccharides like starch (but not simple sugars) are macromolecules.
What is a nucleic acid that contains chonp?
All nucleic acids contain carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen and phosphorus.
Where is the location of all nucleic acids?
Nucleic acids are found in DNA.
Are enzymes all nucleic acids?
No, nucleic acids are not enzymes. Nucleic acids are made up of nucleotides where as enzymes are proteins, but all proteins are not enzymes.
What do the nucleic acids do in the body?
The nucleic acid is a protein found in RNA and DNA to determine our genes . Edit: NUCLEIC ACIDS ARE NOT PROTEINS. Do they have amino groups? No. Are they made out of Amino acids? no. Nucleic acids are polymers which are also known as RNA and DNA. They contain all of the information of the body.
What are the food sources of nucleotide?
Any food has nucleic acid, because all living things contain nucleic acid. The only way a food wouldn't have nucleic acid is if you eat something weird, like plastic, as my biology teacher says.
What vegetables contain nucleic acids?
Any food that has a high protein content contains nucleic acids. The answers given below are good, but you can also find nucleic acids in fish, eggs, milk, yogurt, tofu.soy milk, soy beans, root vegetables..DNA is made of nucleic acids, and since every living this has DNA, and since most things that you eat were living at one point, almost everything that you eat has nucleic acids.
What foods contains all essential amino acids?
I believe hemp seeds contain all 9 amino-acids.
DNA and RNA are 2 examples of what?
Nucleic acids. Dna = Deoxyribonucleic Acid Rna = Ribonucleic Acid
