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Nucleic Acids
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Elements of nucleic acids
Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus
Monomers of nucleic acids
Nucleotides
Nucleotides
Consists of one pentose sugar, one nitrogenous base, and one phosphate group
Types of pentose sugar
Ribose and deoxyribose
Types of nitrogenous base
Adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), thymine (T) and uracil (U)
Types of nucleic acid
Deoxyribonucleic acids and ribonucleic acids
Deoxyribonucleic acids
Consists of two polynucleotide chains that are intertwined in opposite directions and form a double helix. The nitrogenous bases for DNA are adenine, guanine, thymine, and cytosine
Ribonucleic acids
Consists of a single chain of polynucleotides that are shorter than DNA. The nitrogenous bases of ribonucleic acid are adenine, guanine, thymine, and uracil
Types of RNA
mRNA, rRNA, and tRNA
Importance of nucleic acids in a cell
DNA is important as a carrier of hereditary information and a determinant of characteristics in living organisms
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