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All marcomolecules (including nucleic acids) have a backbone of carbon.
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∙ 13y agoa chain of sugar and phosphate groups, linked through phosphodiester bonds
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∙ 13y agonitrogenous bases and phosphates.
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∙ 14y agoAlternating Sugars and Phosphates.
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∙ 12y agosugars and phosphate groups
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Is a nucleic acid a monomer or a polymer?
No. A nucleic acid is a subunit of a [the] polymer.
Is DNA or RNA polymers?
Nucleic acid, which contains a pentose (either deoxyribose or ribose), phosphate group, and a nitrogen base (adenine, cytosine, guanine, and thymine/uracil). In addition, there is a covalent bond between the phosphate group and the pentose, and a hydrogen bond between the complementary bases.
A nucleic acid is a polymer made up of which kind of monomers?
Nucleic Acids are polymers of nucleotides with very specific functions in cells.
Which macromolecules have a basic unit that composed of phospate a sugar ring and one of five different bases?
nucleic acids
What are the two polymers of nucleic acids?
DNA's sugar is deoxyribose, and RNA's sugar is ribose. (DNA = deoxyribose nucleic acid, RNA = ribonucleic acid)
Subunits of nucleic acids?
The monomers of nucleic acid polymers are the nucleotides. Each is composed of a sugar-phosphate backbone and one of four bases as a side group. In RNA the sugar is ribose, in DNA the sugar is deoxyribose.
Is a nucleic acid a monomer or a polymer?
No. A nucleic acid is a subunit of a [the] polymer.
What is a genome composed of chemically?
A genome is composed of DNA which is a nucleic acid composed of two long polymers called nucleotides with backbones and phosphates joined together with ester bonds.
What are 2 nucleic acid polymers?
A nucleic acid is a polymer. Its monomers are glycerol and fatty acids. Hope I helped :)
Does nucleic acid have sugar phosphate backbone?
Yes it does
Why is nucleic acid called so although it has no acidic group?
The phosphate backbone of nucleic acids is an ionizable group which has an acidic pKa. This is the basis of the "acid" in "nucleic acid."
What do proteins and nucleic acids both have?
Protein and nucleic acid are both composed of amino acids. Completely wrong! Only proteins are composed of amino acids. They have nothing in common, even their chirality is opposite (proteins are levo while nucleic acids are dextro).
What is the composition of nucleic acid?
The composition of the nucleic acid-DNA includes polynucleotides which are composed of guanine, adenine, thymine, cytosine, a phosphate group, and deoxyribose (a monosaccharide sugar).
What are nucleic acids chains made of?
A phosphate group and a ribose sugar [or deoxyribose sugar] backbone; and a nitrogenous base.
What are RNA and DNA composed of?
RNA stands for Ribo-nucleic acid, or a nucleic acid with the sugar ribose as the base. DNA stand for deoxyribo-nucleic acid, or a nucleic acid with the sugar deoxyribose as the base. Both are composed of bound nucleotides that form a long, double helical strand. The individual nucleotide is made up of a phosphate-sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) backbone, and a nucelotide (either adenine, cytosine, guanine or thymine - note that uracil exists in the place of thymine in RNA molecules). The nucelotides bind the 2 strands together, while the phosphate-sugar backbone binds the multiple nucleotides together.
Are carbohydrates proteins and DNA all polymers?
polymers are a type of carbohydrate, but DNA is a type of nucleic acid and polypeptides are proteins
What constitue the backbone structure of nucleic acid chains?
phosphate and sugar
