NUCLEIC ACIDS  P.40-47

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS MADE UP OF C, H, O, N, AND P A NUCLEOTIDE MONOMER : THAT INCLUDES A 5 CARBON SUGAR, A NITROGEN BASE AND A PHOSPHATE GROUP 2 MAIN TYPES  DNA AND RNA (THEY ARE POLYMERS )

THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF NUCLEIC ACIDS 1.DNA  DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE: DEOXYRIBOSE SUGAR PHOSPHATE GROUP ( THESE BOTH MAKE UP THE SIDES OF THE MOLECULE ) NITROGEN BASES  ADENINE (A), GUANINE (G), CYTOSINE (C), THYMINE (T) (THESE MAKE UP THE “RUNGS”, HELD TOGETHER BY HYDROGEN BONDS)

THE WATSON AND CRICK DNA MODEL CALLED THE DOUBLE HELIX SUGAR AND PHOSPHATE SIDES WITH NITROGEN BASE RUNGS JOINED BY HYDROGEN BONDS A-T, G-C  KNOWN AS THE BASE-PAIR RULE

THE BASE-PAIR RULE

FUNCTIONS OF DNA CAN REPLICATE (MAKE A COPY) BY THE BREAKING OF HYDROGEN BONDS ALONG THE NITROGEN BASE RUNGS USED TO MAKE RNA (FOR PROTEINS) CONTAINS THE GENETIC CODE OF ALL LIVING THINGS

THERE ARE 2 TYPES OF NUCLEIC ACIDS 2.RNA  RIBONUCLEIC ACID STRUCTURE: RIBOSE SUGAR  CONTAINS ONE MORE OXYGEN THAN DEOXYRIBOSE NITROGEN BASES  A, G, C, URACIL (U) INSTEAD OF THYMINE (T) PHOSPHATE GROUP SINGLE STRAND THAT IS MADE FROM DNA BUT 3 TYPES ( TO BE DISCUSSED LATER IN THE YEAR )  mRNA, tRNA, rRNA

FUNCTION OF RNA USED TO MAKE PROTEINS (THROUGH PROTEIN SYNTHESIS )

NUCLEIC ACIDS QUIZ 20 QUESTIONS 18 MULTIPLE CHOICE (WITH 5 DIAGRAMS) 2 SHORT ANSWER (1 PT. EACH)  SEE HW 3 BONUS (1 PT. EACH)