2: Nucleic Acids

Question 1

Phosphodiester bond

Answer 1

The bond formed between two mono-nucleotides

Question 2

Polynucleotide

Answer 2

A long chain of mono-nucleotides

Question 3

Complementary

Answer 3

The way to describe the pairing between bases

Question 4

Nuclear division

Answer 4

The process by which the nucleus divides: mitosis or meiosis

Question 5

Cytokinesis

Answer 5

Follows nuclear division, process by which the whole cell divides

Question 6

Semi-conservative replication

Answer 6

The process by which DNA is replicated, where one strand of the parent molecule is in the daughter molecule

Question 7

DNA Helicase

Answer 7

The enzyme that breaks the hydrogen bonds that link base pairs in DNA

Question 8

DNA Polymerase

Answer 8

The enzyme that forms the ‘missing’ polynucleotide strand on each of the two original polynucleotide strands in semi-conservative replication

Question 9

ATP Hydrolase

Answer 9

The enzyme that catalyses the reaction that coverts ATP into ADP

Question 10

ATP Synthase

Answer 10

The enzyme that catalyses the reaction that coverts ADP to ATP