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The key difference between a DNA nucleotide and an RNA nucleotide is their five-carbon sugar molecules. One component of RNA is the five-carbon sugar ribose, C5H10O5. Alternatively, in DNA, the five-carbon sugar deoxyribose (C5H10O4) has one fewer oxygen atom. Another difference is in the nitrogenous bases of some DNA and RNA nucleotides. The nitrogenous base uracil (U) is unique to RNA nucleotides. Similarly, the nitrogenous base thymine (T) is unique to DNA nucleotides.
U is the nucleotide abbreviation of uracil
RNA contains nucleotides like DNA but there are some differences. RNA has the nitrogeneous bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U). RNA nucleotide bases contain uracil (U) instead of thymine (T) found in DNA. IT has a phosphate group and a sugar group attached to it as well. But instead of deoxyribose, RNA has ribose.
All nucleotides are similar except for the nitrogen bases, which may either be adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, or uracil..
Not necessarily, you are mixing up your terms. DNA and RNA are two different types of nucleic acids. Pyrimidines and purines are subsets of those nucleic acids. Let me show you an example: DNA is composed of deoxy A,T,C,G type nucleic acids, A and G are purines, T and C are pyrimidines. RNA is composed of (oxy) A,U,C,G type nucleic acids, A and G are purines, U and C are pyrimidines. The A and G purines in DNA and RNA are not the same since both DNA and RNA are intrinsically different (although their structures are similar). This goes the same for U,C and T. These will help you. Hopfully (whom who needs help on homework ;)lol)
adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T) are the four nitrogen bases of DNA. In RNA, instead of Thymine (T), it would Uracil(U). So when you transcript a DNA into an RNA, T would be U.
The key difference between a DNA nucleotide and an RNA nucleotide is their five-carbon sugar molecules. One component of RNA is the five-carbon sugar ribose, C5H10O5. Alternatively, in DNA, the five-carbon sugar deoxyribose (C5H10O4) has one fewer oxygen atom. Another difference is in the nitrogenous bases of some DNA and RNA nucleotides. The nitrogenous base uracil (U) is unique to RNA nucleotides. Similarly, the nitrogenous base thymine (T) is unique to DNA nucleotides.
Like DNA, RNA contains the bases adenine (A), cytosine (C), and guanine (G); however, RNA does notcontain thymine, instead, RNA's fourth nucleotide is the base uracil (U). Unlike the double-stranded DNAmolecule, RNA is a single-stranded molecule.
U is the nucleotide abbreviation of uracil
RNA contains nucleotides like DNA but there are some differences. RNA has the nitrogeneous bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U). RNA nucleotide bases contain uracil (U) instead of thymine (T) found in DNA. IT has a phosphate group and a sugar group attached to it as well. But instead of deoxyribose, RNA has ribose.
A nucleotide is made of a phosphate, a sugar and a nitrogenous base. In RNA the sugar is ribose and in DNA it is deoxyribose. The bases in DNA are A, T, G and C. The T is replaced by U in RNA.
All nucleotides are similar except for the nitrogen bases, which may either be adenine, cytosine, guanine, thymine, or uracil..
3 nitrogenous bases form one "word" of a mRNA's message.
Thymine, one of the four nucleotide bases that make up Dna, is substituted by the {5th} base, Uracil, when the various types of Rna are synthesized during Transcription. A, G, C, T; maps to A, G, C, U. This provides a necessary means of identifying "material' that needs to be exported from the cell nucleus.
Nucleobases (or nucleotide bases/nitrogenous bases/aglycones) provide the nucleotide structure necessary to form base pairs. The primary nucleobases are cytosine, guanine, adenine (DNA and RNA), thymine (DNA) and uracil (RNA), abbreviated as C, G, A, T, and U, respectively. They are usually simply called bases in genetics. Because A, G, C, and T appear in the DNA, these molecules are called DNA-bases; A, G, C, and U are called RNA-bases. From Wikipedia
The nucleotide "A" base pairs with the nucleotide "T", Similarly, the nucleotide "C" base pairs with the nucleotide "G", and in the same way, The nucelotides "T" and "G" base pairs with nucleotides "A"and "C" respectively. The complementary nucleotide sequence is thus the base pair with which it forms a double-stranded structue of the DNA, for example the complementary sequence for "ACGTTTA" is "TGCAAAT".
Not necessarily, you are mixing up your terms. DNA and RNA are two different types of nucleic acids. Pyrimidines and purines are subsets of those nucleic acids. Let me show you an example: DNA is composed of deoxy A,T,C,G type nucleic acids, A and G are purines, T and C are pyrimidines. RNA is composed of (oxy) A,U,C,G type nucleic acids, A and G are purines, U and C are pyrimidines. The A and G purines in DNA and RNA are not the same since both DNA and RNA are intrinsically different (although their structures are similar). This goes the same for U,C and T. These will help you. Hopfully (whom who needs help on homework ;)lol)