Unit 1 Nucleic acids

Question 1

What is a nucleotide?

Answer 1

-monomer of nuclearic acids
-nucleotides= phosphate + sugar + Base

Question 2

What are the bonds of nucleic acids?

Answer 2

Bond between nuclide
phosphodiester bond

Bond between DNA
Hydrogen bonding

Question 3

what are the sugars the make up the monomers of nucleric acids?
1. Ribose
2. Deoxyribose

Answer 3

1. Ribose:
   -RNA
   -2 OH
2. Deoxyribose
   -DNA
   -1 OH

Question 4

Pyrimielines vs purine

Answer 4

Pyrimielines:
- 1 Ring structure
-U, T, C

Purine:
-2 ring structures
-A, G

Question 5

Types of nucleic acids
1. DNA
2. RNA

Answer 5

1. DNA
   -stores genetic info
   -double helix
   Phosphate
   sugar: deoxyribose
   base: A,T,C,G
2. RNA
   -transports genetic info
   -single strand
   Phosphate
   sugar: ribose
   base: A, U, C, G