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structure of nucleotide

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phosphate group, ester bond, pentose sugar, glycosidic bond, nitrogenous base

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what pentose sugar is in DNA

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deoxyribose

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what pentose sugar is in RNA

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ribose

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4
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what are the five bases found in nucleotides

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adenine
thymine
cytosine
guanine
uracil

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5
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purine structure

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double ring

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pyrimidine structure

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single ring

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which bases are purines (double ring)

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adenine
guanine

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which bases are pyrimidines (single ring)

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thymine
cytosine
uracil

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what does RNA contain instead of thymine

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uracil

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what type of bonds are between base pairs

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hydrogen

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how many hydrogen bonds between cytosine and guanine

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3

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how many hydrogen bonds between thymine and adenine

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2

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what does messenger RNA do

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brings information from DNA in nucleus to ribosomes in cytoplasm
directs synthesis of polypeptides

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what does transport RNA do

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transports amino acids to ribosomes
positions each amino acid at correct place on polypeptide chain

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what is ribosomal RNA

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main component of ribosomes
site of polypeptide synthesis
combines with proteins to form ribosomes

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what are the 4 requirements of semi conservative replication

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4 nucleotide bases
both strands of DNA
DNA polymerase and DNA helicase
source of energy

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what do free floating nucleotides have

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3 phosphates instead of 1

18
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what do free floating nucleotides do

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lose 2 phosphates when phosphodiester bond forms
they provide energy for the reaction

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3 steps of semi conservative replication

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1 DNA helicase breaks the hydrogen bonds between bases, causing the helix to unwind to form 2 single strands.
2 both strands act as a template for a new strand and free floating DNA nucleotides are attracted to their complementary bases on the template strand
3 condensation reactions join the nucleotides of the new strand together. this is catalysed by DNA polymerase. Hydrogen bonds form between the bases of the template and new strand.

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which direction can polymerase add nucleotides

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moves 3’ to 5’ on the origional strand but forms the new strand from 5’ to 3’

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