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How many amino acids would the a nucleotide have?

A nucleotide does not contain any amino acids. Nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and RNA and consist of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and are coded for by sequences of nucleotides in DNA.


What enzyme Cuts out the RNA primer on the replicated DNA molecule and replaces it with the appropriate DNA nucleotides?

The enzyme that cuts out the RNA primer on the replicated DNA molecule and replaces it with the appropriate DNA nucleotides is DNA polymerase I in prokaryotes and DNA polymerase delta in eukaryotes. This process, known as primer removal or primer excision, is essential for completing DNA replication accurately.


What are the building blocks (or basic monomers) of DNA?

The building blocks of DNA are called nucleotides. Each nucleotide is composed of a sugar molecule (deoxyribose), a phosphate group, and one of four nitrogenous bases: adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), or guanine (G). These nucleotides are linked together to form the double helix structure of DNA.


How often does DNA polymerase match bases incorrectly?

DNA polymerase has an error rate of approximately 1 in every 10^7-10^8 nucleotides incorporated. This means that it matches bases incorrectly about once in every 10 million to 100 million nucleotides during DNA replication.


What is DNA primarily composed of?

The answer to this depends on what components you are talking bout. Are you wondering about basal molecules, or elements? For in stance, DNA is composed of four different types of nucleobases; adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. Thesebases are joined to a sugar molecule (a deoxyribose sugar in the case of DNA, hence the name DeoxyriboNucleic Acid). These sugar-and-base pairs are called NUCLEOSIDES. Nucleosides are joined together by a phosphate link. Nuclueosides bound to phosphate groups are called NUCLEOTIDES. Nucleotides all consist of 1 phosphate bond, 1 sugar and 1 base. DNA is merely a chain of nucleotides. The major elements composing both bases and sugars in DNA is carbon. Thus... DNA is primarily composed of the element carbon, and is equally composed of a base, sugar and phosphate link. As for the most common nucleobase? That depends on the organism you are looking at.

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How many atoms of uranium are present in 1 nanogram of uranium?

1 nanogram of natural uranium = 2,53.1012 atoms


How many nanogram in 1 microgram?

There are 1000 nanograms in 1 microgram.


What is the difference between a microgram and nanogram?

1 microgram = 1,000 nanograms 1 nanogram = 0.001 microgram The difference between 1 microgram and 1 nanogram is 999 nanograms.


How many sides does a nanogram have?

A nanogram does not have sides, as it is a unit of measurement used to represent one billionth of a gram. In geometry, a gram is a unit of mass and does not have sides. Therefore, a nanogram, being a fraction of a gram, does not possess any geometric properties such as sides.


Is strand of nucleotides in the RNA or DNA?

A strand of nucleotides can be found in both RNA and DNA. RNA is typically single-stranded, while DNA is double-stranded. Both molecules consist of nucleotides that contain a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base.


What weighs 1 nanogram?

A single grain of sand weighs around 1 nanogram.


How many amino acids would the a nucleotide have?

A nucleotide does not contain any amino acids. Nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and RNA and consist of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins and are coded for by sequences of nucleotides in DNA.


Is DNA a example of a compound?

a nucleic acid. Deoxyribonucleic Acid = DNA DNA is a type of carbon-compound known as a nucleic acid. It is a polymer, made up of many monomers called nucleotides. Each nucleotide has three compounds which are 1) five carbon sugar called deoxyribose, 2) a phosphate group, and 3) a nitrogenous.


What happens During replication DNA .?

During DNA replication the following occurs: 1) An enzyme called helicase separates the DNA strands (the space where they separate is called the replication fork). 2) DNA polymerase adds complementary nucleotides to the separated strand of DNA. 3) The DNA polymerase enzyme finishes adding nucleotides and there are two identical DNA molecules.


How many monogram in 1 mg?

I think your question should read 'How many nanogram in 1 mg?' A nanogram is 10-9 of a gram, and a milligram is 10-3 of a gram. So your question becomes how many times will 10-9 fit into 10-3?. For which the answer is obviously 106. or 1 million.


What enzyme Cuts out the RNA primer on the replicated DNA molecule and replaces it with the appropriate DNA nucleotides?

The enzyme that cuts out the RNA primer on the replicated DNA molecule and replaces it with the appropriate DNA nucleotides is DNA polymerase I in prokaryotes and DNA polymerase delta in eukaryotes. This process, known as primer removal or primer excision, is essential for completing DNA replication accurately.


Scientific notation for nanogramml?

By changing the measurement units to a nanogram you would not require scientific notation. 1 nanogram = 1*10-9 gram or 1*10-12 kilogram