1st Flashcards
(18 cards)
The link between ribose and phosphate is
Ester bond
The link between ribose and nitrogenous base is
glycosidic bond
Nucleotides are linked with each other by
Ester bond(phosphodiester bond)
Adnenin and thymin hydrogen bonds number
2
Guanine and cytosine hydrogen bonds number
3
DNA consists of what
Two strands of polyneuclutides
The nuclutides The phosphodiester bond is between what
The phosphate at 5 and hydroxyl group of the ribose suger at the 3
end
What is the plasmids
Small circular extrachromosomal DNA molecules
What does chromatin contain
DNA molecules, histones, non-histone proteins, RNA
What does The non-histone proteins class include
Various transcriptional factors , polymerases, hormone receptors, nuclear enzymes
All cellular functions depend on what
Protiens
What is the DNA 1ry structure
The sequence of nucleotides
What determines the coding structure of DNA
The sequence of bases
Stability of the helix is provided by what
- Van Der waals forces
- Hydrophobic interactions
- Hydrogen bonding between complementary base pairs
Van Der waals distance
0.3 to 0.4
What molecules make the hydrophobic interaction
Nonpolar molecules that cannot form hydrogen bonds with water
Which atom of pyrimidine is linked to the carbon of ribose
Carbon num 1
Which atom of purine is linked to the carbon of ribose
Carbon num 9