Chapter 21-Nucleic Acids An Protein Synthesis Flashcards
Types of Nucleic acids
Deoxyribonucleic (DNA) and ribonucleic (RNA)
Nucleotides
Unbranched polymers of repeating monomer units
Ex: DNA and RNA
How many nucleotides does a DNA molecule contain?
Several million
Three components of a nucleotide.
Base, five-carbon sugar, and a phosphate.
Phosphoryl group
When -PO3(2-) is part of a larger molecule
Base- in Nucleic acids
Derivatives of pyramidine or purine
Purine bases with double rings (DNA)
Adenine (A) and guinine (G)
Pyrimidine bases with with single rings (DNA)
Cytosine (C) and thymine (T)
RNA bases
Adenine(A), guanine (G) and cytosine (C) but thymine is replaced with uracil (U)
Five-carbon sugar (RNA)
Ribose (r-in RNA)
Atoms in pentose sugars
Numbered with primes (1’, 2’,3’,4’, and 5’)
-used to differentiate them from atoms in the bases
Five-carbon sugar (DNA)
Deoxyribose (d in DNA)
- similar to ribose except there is no hydroxyl group on c2’
- deoxy means “without oxygen”
How is a nucleoside produced?
When a pyrimidine or a purine forms a glycosidic bond to C1’ of a sugar (either a ribose or a deoxyribose)
Example: adenine, a purine, and ribose form a nucleoside called adenosine
How is a nucleotide produced?
When the C5’ -OH group of ribose or deoxyribose in a nucleoside forms a phosphate ester.
5’ monophosphate nucleotides
Found in DNA and RNA.
Naming nucleosides
Nucleoside that contains a purine- ends with -osine
Nucleoside that contains a pyrimidine- ends with -idine
Corresponding nucleotides in RNA and DNA are named by adding 5’-monophosphate.
Examples: adenosine-5’-monophosphate (amp)
ATP
Energy molecule in our bodies
Major source of energy for most energy-requiring activities in the cell
GMP+phosphate=GDP and GTP (energy source for protein synthesis)
dGMP+phosphate=dGDP and dGTP (intermediate in phospholipid synthesis)
Diphosphates
Phosphoryl group in any nucleoside can bond to one additional phosphate group (ADP) adenosine-5’-diphosphate
Triphosphate
Phosphoryl group in nucleoside-5’-monophosphate bonds to two additional phosphate groups to form a triphosphate. (adenosine-5’-triphosphate) ATP
Nucleic acids
Polymers of many nucleotides in which the 3’-hydroxyl group of the sugar in one nucleotide bonds to the 5’-carbon atom in the sugar of the next nucleotide.
Phosphidiester bond
The link between the sugars in adjacent nucleotides
Primary structure
Each Nucleic acid has its own unique sequence of bases.
Nucleic acid sequence
Read from sugar with free 5’-phosphate to the sugar with free 3’-hydroxyl group.
Example: nucleotide sequence starting with adenine (free 5’-phosphate end) in the section of RNA 5’-A-C-G-U-3
Specific relationship between bases
The amount of adenine (A) is equal to the amount of thymine (T), and the amount of guanine (G) is equal to the amount of (C) cytosine.