Nucleotide structure Flashcards
1
Q
What are nucleic acids?
A
-Polymers made of monomers called nucleotides
2
Q
A molecule containing many nucleotides is a
A
-polynucleotide
3
Q
Three components of a nucleotide
A
-phosphate group-same structure in all nucleotides
-pentose sugar
-organic base-nitrogenous base
4
Q
What is the pentose sugar for ribose?
A
-RNA
5
Q
What is the pentose sugar for deoxyribose?
A
-DNA
6
Q
Two groups of organic bases
A
-Pyrimidine bases
-Purine bases
7
Q
Pyrimidine bases
A
-thymine
-cytosine
-uracil
8
Q
Purine bases
A
-adenine
-guanine
