nucleic acids Flashcards
1
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polymer
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a large molecule made up of many repeating subunit
2
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monomer
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the subunits that make up a polymer
3
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what are the monomers of a nucleic acid? and what are the components
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nucleotides have three components:
- pentose sugar (5 carbon sugar)
- nitrogenous base
- phosphate group
4
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how do u draw a nucleotide?
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5
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purines
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guanine and adenine
6
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pyrimidines
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cytosine, thymine, uracil
7
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DNA VS RNA
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OH in RNA
H in DNA
for DNA, A goes with T
8
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Hydrolysis reaction
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water, in monomer out
-Breaks polymers
-Spontaneous
-Releases energy
9
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condensation reaction
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monomer in, water out
-Forms polymers
-Not spontaneous
-Absorbs energy
10
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Semi-Conservative
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where each strand serves as a template to build one new strand.
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