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Biochemistry - Nucleic Acids Flashcards

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1
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What is the purpouse of Nucleic Acids?

A
  • store and transfer gentetic informantion

- store energy as ATP

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What is the monomer of Nucleic Acids?

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nucleotides

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3
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What makes up a nucleotides?

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  • a 5-carbon sugar
  • a phosphate group
  • a nitrogen-containing group
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What are the two types of Nucleic Acids?

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  • DNA: Deoxyribosenucleic Acids

- RNA: Ribonucleic Acids

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5
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How do the structures of Nucleic acids differ?

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the pentose sugar that is present

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DNA and RNA are ______ ______molecules that are polymers of nucleotides.

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DNA and RNA are HUGE MACROmolecules that are polymers of nucleotides.

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What dose a nucleotide look like?

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hexagon(single or double ring) nitrogen base attatched to 1’ carbon pentagon ribose(5-carbon sugar) attaches to 5’ branch phosphate group

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How are DNA and RNA held together?

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dehydration synthesis

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9
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What are the momomers for DNA?

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Adenine, Thymine

Cytosine, Guamine

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What are the momomers of RNA?

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Adenine, Uracil

Cytosine, Guamine

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11
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What dose DNA make up?

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genes and chromosones

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12
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What dose RNA help with?

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protine sythesis

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13
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What dose DNA controll?

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all cell activity (cell division, protine sythesis)

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What can DNA undergo why is this important?

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mutation, evolution

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15
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What sugar is in DNA?

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Deoxyribose

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16
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What sugar is in RNA?

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Ribose

17
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What shape is DNA? RNA?

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double helix

single helix

18
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VOCAB: Genetic Code

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the squence of nucleotides in DNA

19
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VOCAB: Purines

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double ring structure (Adenine, Guanine)

20
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VOCAB: Pyrimidines

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single sing structure (Thymine, Cytosine, Uracil)

21
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DNA consists of two ________ strands of nucleic acids.

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DNA consists of two ANTIPARRALLEL strands of nucleic acids.

22
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Each strand of nucleic acids in DNA consists of a backbone made from….?

A

sugar and phosphate

23
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VOCAB: Complementary Bonding

A

the H-bonds between the opposite strand’s basses.
- A’s with T’s
- C’s with G’s
RNA - A’s with U’s

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How is RNA formed?

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off a DNA template in the nucleus

25
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What are the types of RNA?

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  • ribosonal RNA
  • transfer RNA
  • messsanger RNA
26
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VOCAB: ATP

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Adenosine Triphosphate

- molecule of energy

27
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What is the structure of ATP?

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adenosine base, ribose sugar, 3 phosephate groups

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