BSC 2010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Disulfide, Dna Replication, Phosphodiester Bond

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Nucleic acids are polymers that store, transmit, and express hereditary (genetic) information. The information is encoded in the sequences of monomers that make up nucleic acids. Dna (deoxyribonucleic acid): stores and transmits genetic information. Rna (ribonucleic acid): play roles in metabolism; using the information from dna, it specifies the amino acid sequences of proteins. *nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids* Nucleotide: basic chemical unit in nucleic acids, consisting of a pentose sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen-containing base. Nucleosides are molecules with a pentose sugar and a base but no phosphate group. Pyrimidines: cytosine, thymine and uracil; six-membered single-ring structure. Pyramids (aka pyrimidines) are pointy and sharp and can c (cytosine) u (uracil) t (thymine) Purines are the only ones left ( a and g)** In dna the pentose sugar is deoxyribose (different from ribose by the absence of one oxygen atom)

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