Brief Overview of Macromolecules DNA, RNA, and Proteins
What is “genomics”? --The systematic study of the genome using large-scale DNA sequencing, gene-expression analysis, or computational methods. Genome: the total complement of genes contained in a cell or virus, commonly used to refer to all genes present in one complete haploid set of chromosomes in eukaryotes.
Genome Sizes Saccharomyces cerevisiae13 Mb Drosophila melanogaster120 Mb Homo sapiens3,200 Mb Fern160,000 Mb Amoeba dubia670,000 Mb
DNA Structure Base / nucleotide pair: a pair of nitrogenous bases, most commonly one purine and one pyrimidine, held together by hydrogen bonds in a double stranded region of a nucleic acid molecule.
Purines vs. Pyrimidines
Nucleosides and Nucleotides DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid adenosine ATP
Polynucleotide Chain
The Double Helix
RNA vs. DNA
RNA Structure Single stranded
Summary of DNA vs. RNA
Protein Structure Made up of amino acid chain.
Peptides