nucleic acids Flashcards
what is the monomer to nucleic acids?
nucleotide
what are the two nucleic acids?
DNA, RNA
True or False
ATP is highly unstable and a nucleic acid, it is either used or breakdown, can not be stored.
True
what are the subunits of a nucleotide?
nitrogenous base
five carbon sugar
phosphate group
pyrimides
a nitrogenous base with one ring and 6 atoms
Purines
2 carbon rings
C&G ( Cysteine and Guanine ) have rings of 3
A&T has 2 ( Adenine Thynine)
How many rings does Adenine have?
2
How many rings does Thymine have?
1
How many rings does Guanine have?
2
What do bases are purines
Adenine and Guanine
How many strand does uracil have
one
how many strands do thymine have
2
In RnA what does adenine bond to?
uracil
In RNA what does cytosine bond to ?
guanine
RNA is bigger than DNA, true or false
false , it is smaller
Deoxyribose goes with what nucleic acid?
DNA
one difference between RNA and DNA is found
in the nitrogenous bases`
