Cytosine
From : PY Blain
The Cytosine, Guanine, Adenine and Thymine bases present in DNA are molecules that are held together by intermolecular hydrogen bonds. This bond occurs between an electronegative atom (known as a hydrogen bond acceptor) and a hydrogen atom attached to another electronegative atom (known as a hydrogen bond donor).
A DNA molecule may have the same percentage of guanine and cytosine because they bond together through three hydrogen bonds, forming a stable base pair. This complementary pairing ensures that the total percentage of guanine always equals the total percentage of cytosine in a DNA molecule, known as Chargaff's rule.
Guanine can bond with cytosine through three hydrogen bonds in DNA and RNA. This pairing is part of the base-pairing rules that help maintain the structure of nucleic acids. In RNA, guanine can also form a bond with uracil, though this is less common than guanine-cytosine pairing.
Guanine bonds with cytosine in DNA.
Thymine will tend to hydrogen bond with adenine in DNA due to complementary base pairing. In RNA, uracil can also hydrogen bond with adenine.
In a DNA molecule cytosine always pairs with guanine, the same is true for an RNA molecule.
The Cytosine, Guanine, Adenine and Thymine bases present in DNA are molecules that are held together by intermolecular hydrogen bonds. This bond occurs between an electronegative atom (known as a hydrogen bond acceptor) and a hydrogen atom attached to another electronegative atom (known as a hydrogen bond donor).
A DNA molecule may have the same percentage of guanine and cytosine because they bond together through three hydrogen bonds, forming a stable base pair. This complementary pairing ensures that the total percentage of guanine always equals the total percentage of cytosine in a DNA molecule, known as Chargaff's rule.
In a DNA molecule, the nucleotide pairs that bond together are adenine (A) with thymine (T) and cytosine (C) with guanine (G). These base pairs form the rungs of the DNA double helix structure through hydrogen bonding.
Guanine can bond with cytosine through three hydrogen bonds in DNA and RNA. This pairing is part of the base-pairing rules that help maintain the structure of nucleic acids. In RNA, guanine can also form a bond with uracil, though this is less common than guanine-cytosine pairing.
Guanine bonds with cytosine in DNA.
Note that adenine only bonds with thymine, and cytosine only bonds with guanine. The nitrogen bases are held together by hydrogen bonds: adenine and thymine form two hydrogen bonds; cytosine and guanine form three hydrogen bonds.
Thymine will tend to hydrogen bond with adenine in DNA due to complementary base pairing. In RNA, uracil can also hydrogen bond with adenine.
An H-bond, or known as hydrogen bond. Hydrogen bonds are attractive bonds, very strong but easy to break. Think of it as someone who has a girlfriend(a strong bond, connected) but is attracted to other girls. A hydrogen bond is not as strong as a covalent or ionic bond(a strong bond).
A hydrogen bond is the attractive interaction of a hydrogen atom with an electronegative atom, such as nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine, that comes from another molecule or chemical group. The hydrogen must be covalently bonded to another electronegative atom to create the bond. This type of bond occurs in both inorganic molecules such as water and organic molecules such as DNA.
Guanine and cytosine have three hydrogen bonds between them to maintain the stability of the DNA double helix structure, while adenine and thymine have two hydrogen bonds. This difference in bonding helps to ensure proper base pairing and overall stability of the DNA molecule.
There are two types of hydrogen bonds found in a molecule of DNA: adenine-thymine and cytosine-guanine base pairs. These hydrogen bonds are responsible for the complementary pairing of the nitrogenous bases in DNA strands.