Nucleic Acid Chemistry

Question 1

What are nucleic acids composed of?

Answer 1

Nitrogenous bases

Question 2

How many rings do purines have?

Answer 2

2

Question 3

Name the purines

Answer 3

• Adenine
• Guanine

Question 4

How many rings do pyrimidines have?

Answer 4

1

Question 5

Name the pyrimidines

Answer 5

• Thymine
• Cytosine
• Uracil

Question 6

Describe nucleoside

Answer 6

Nitrogenous base + a sugar

Question 7

Describe nucleotide

Answer 7

Nucleoside + phosphate

Question 8

Name the nucleoside and nucleotides corresponding with the following free base: Adenine

Answer 8

• Adenosine
• AMP
• ADP
• ATP
• cAMP

Question 9

Name the nucleoside and nucleotides corresponding with the following free base: Guanosine

Answer 9

• Guanosine
• GMP
• GDP
• GTP
• cGMP

Question 10

Name the nucleoside and nucleotides corresponding with the following free base: Hypoxanthine

Answer 10

• Inosine
• IMP

Question 11

Name the nucleoside and nucleotides corresponding with the following free base: Uracil

Answer 11

• Uridine
• UMP
• UDP
• UTP

Question 12

Name the nucleoside and nucleotides corresponding with the following free base: Cytosine

Answer 12

• Cytidine
• CMP
• CDP
• CTP

Question 13

Name the nucleoside and nucleotides corresponding with the following free base: Thymine

Answer 13

• Thymidine
• TMP
• TDP
• TTP