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A polymer is a large molecule made up of repeated subunits called monomers. Nucleic acids are polymers that are made up of monomers called nucleotides. Protein is a polymer made of monomers called amino acids.

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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).


How are nucleic acids and proteins related?

Nucleic acids make proteins.


Are both DNA and RNA proteins?

No, they are nucleic acids.


What element is found in both nucleic acids and proteins?

Nitrogen is found in both nucleic acids (DNA, RNA) and proteins. In nucleic acids, nitrogen is present in the nitrogenous bases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, and uracil). In proteins, nitrogen is found in the amino groups of amino acids, which are the building blocks of proteins.


What elements are found in both proteins and nucleic acids?

i think its amio acids.


What way are the amino acids in proteins and the nucleotides in DNA similar?

They are both polymers.


What elements are key ingredients in both proteins and nucleic acids?

Proteins and nucleic acids are different molecules. Amino acids are building block of proteins whereas nucleic acids are composed of nucleotides. The elements in both are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen , nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur.


Are Both DNA and RNA are proteins?

No, DNA and RNA are not proteins. DNA and RNA are nucleic acids, which are macromolecules that are crucial for storing and transferring genetic information in living organisms. Proteins are a different type of macromolecule that are involved in a wide range of cellular functions.


What is a key ingredient in both proteins and nucleic acids?

Proteins are made of amino acids. Nucleic acids are made of a sugar (ribose in RNA and deoxyribose in DNA), a phosphate group and nitrogen bases [thymine (or uracil in RNA), cytosine, guanine, and adenine].


Are nucleic acids polymers?

Both are made from smaller subunits that are joined by covalent bonds. In the case of proteins, these subunits are called amino acids. They are joined by special covalent bonds called peptide bonds. In the case of nucleic acids, the subunits are called nucleotides, which are a combination of a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), phosphate group, and one of four possible bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, or cytosine). The nucleotides are covalently bonded along the "ladder" of the DNA molecule. Another feature of polymers is that the covalent bond that links the subunits (or monomers) is formed by dehydration synthesis, that is, a removal of a water molecule.


Which elements is found in both protein and nucleic acids?

Carbon, hydrogen and oxygen and nitrogen.


What elements is a key ingredient in both proteins and nucleic acids?

Proteins are made of amino acids. Nucleic acids are made of a sugar (ribose in RNA and deoxyribose in DNA), a phosphate group and nitrogen bases [thymine (or uracil in RNA), cytosine, guanine, and adenine].