DNA Structure
Is DNA double stranded or single stranded
Double stranded
What are the 2 types of pentose sugars found in nucleotides?
Ribose and Deoxyribose
What does DNA stand for
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Is RNA Single or double stranded?
Single stranded
What are the 4 base pairs?
Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine
What is the backbone to DNA?
Sugar phosphate backbone
What does a RNA nucleotide have that a DNA nucleotide does not have
Uracil
What does RNA stand for
Ribonucleic acid
How is the backbone of RNA built?
5^1 - 3^1
What does Adenine go with in DNA
Thymine
What type of bond is held between the nitrogenous bases?
Hydrogen bond
What group is negatively charged in a nucleotide?
The phosphate group
What does DNA do?
Passes hereditary information between generation of cells
What is the 5^1
Phosphate
What does Cytosine go with in DNA
Guanine
What do covalent bonds do in DNA?
They connect the sugars to the bases or phosphates
What is the sugar of a nucleotide called?
A five carbon "pentose" Sugar
What does RNA do?
Creates proteins throughout translation
What is the 3^1
Ribose
What does RNA have that DNA does not have in terms of Nucleic acids
They affect the way enzymes can bind to and function when bound to the nucleic acids.
What are nucleic acids chains of?
Nucleotides combined in condensation reactions
How many types of RNA are involved in protein synthesis?
3
How does the RNA backbone form?
When nucleotides combine in a condensation reaction?
What base pair does Uracil go with
Adenine