Chem- Nucelotides & Nucleic Acids Flashcards
What are the 3 components of a nucleotides?
Phosphate
Sugar
Nitrogenous Base
Sugars of nucleotides can be what?
Deoxyribose (DNA)
Ribose (RNA)
What are the 5 Nitrogenous Bases?
Adenine (A)
Guanine (G)
Cytosine (C)
Uracil (U)
Thymine (T)
What are the 2 categories of Nitrogenous bases?
Purines
Pyrimidines
What makes up the purines?
Hint: All Gems are PURe
Adenine (A)
Guanine (G)
What makes up the Pyrimidines?
Hint: CUT the PY
Cytosine (C)
Uracil (U)
Thymine (T)
If a phosphate is removed from a nucleotide it is called a _____?
Nucleoside
These hold nucleotides together within one strand
PHOSPHODIESTER bonds
what bonds hold base pairs between complimentary strands of DNA?
HYDROGEN bonds (easily broken)
Adenine bonds to ?
Thymine
Guanine bonds to?
Cytosine
Two ways to remember DNA base pairs?
All Tall Guys Can Dunk
one purine to one pyrimidine
DNA replication/synthesis occurs where?
In the nucleus
How many chromosomes are in the nucleus during synthesis?
92 chromosomes after doubling
What enzyme unwinds DNA strands?
Topoisomerase (helicase)
Wha makes new DNA from the parent DNA strand acting as a template?
DNA polymerase
what action is defined as “doubled 92 chromosome DNA is split into two identical 46 chromosome daughter DNA sets”?
Mitosis
Where does transcription occur?
NUCLEOLUS
A DNA template that is read 3 bases at a time is referred to as a ?
Code
RNA polymerase reaches a section of DNA that causes the polymerase & RNA primer to fall off the DNA, which then rewinds itself. What is the sequence/section/code called that triggers this?
Termination sequence
Post transcription the RNA does what?
Leaves the nucleus and foes to work in the cytoplasm
What are the 3 types of RNA?
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)
Transfer RNA (tRNA)
Holds the information to determine amino acid SEQUENCE order
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Mani component of the ribosomal unit which MOVES ALONG MRNA
Ribosomal RNA (rRNA)