Nucleotide Structure Flashcards
What are nucleic acids?
Polymers
What are nucleic acid made up of?
Nucleotides
What is a molecule called which are made up of many nucleotides?
A polynucleotide
What are the three components of a nucleotide?
A phosphate group, a pentose sugar and an organic/nitrogenous base
How are these components bonded together?
In a condensation reaction.
What pentose sugar is found in DNA?
Deoxyribose
What pentose sugar is found in RNA?
Ribose
What are the two groups of organic bases?
The pyramiding bases and the purine bases
What are the nucleotide bases ?
Thymine, cytosine, uracil, adenine, guanine.
What is the complimentary base pair of adenine in DNA?
Thymine
What is the complimentary base pairs of cytosine in DNA?
Guanine
What is the complimentary base pair of adenine in RNA?
Uracil
What is the complimentary base pair of guanine in RNA?
Cytosine
