Nucleic Acids Flashcards
1
Q
Uracil
A
2,4-dioxypyrimide
2
Q
Thymine
A
2,4-dioxy-5-methylpyrimidine
3
Q
Cytosine
A
2-oxy-4-aminopyrimide
4
Q
Adenine
A
6-aminopurine
5
Q
Guanine
A
2-amino-6-oxypurine
6
Q
Reversible change of one one DNA base isomer to another
A
tautomeric shift (tautomerization)
7
Q
2 forms of the molecules differing only in the location of a proton and a double bond
A
tautomers
8
Q
Tautomer of Amino (NH2)
A
Imino (NH)
9
Q
Tautomer of Keto (C=O)
A
enol (C-OH)
10
Q
Major and minor grooves of DNA are essential for ___ of protein
A
binding
11
Q
The only DNA with left helix rotation
A
Z DNA
12
Q
Biologically dominant DNA
A
B DNA
13
Q
Peculiar NA Sequences
A
Mirror repeat and inverted repeat
14
Q
Symmetric sequence within each strand
A
Mirror repeat
15
Q
Two copies of identical sequence in reverse orientation
A
Inverted repeat/ Palindrome
