BIOL1006 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Thymine, Deoxyribose, Pyrimidine
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The two main types of nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acid and ribonucleic acid. Dna is the genetic material found in all living organisms and is found in the nucleus of eukaryotes and in the chloroplasts and mitochondria. In prokaryotes, the dna is not enclosed in a membranous envelope. The other type of nucleic acid, rna, is mostly involved in protein synthesis. Just like in dna, rna is made of monomers called nucleotides. Each nucleotide is made up of three components: a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar called ribose, and a phosphate group. Each nitrogenous base in a nucleotide is attached to a sugar molecule, which is attached to one or more phosphate groups. A nucleotide is made up of three components: a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and one or more phosphate groups. Carbon residues in the pentose are numbered 1 through.
