2.1.3 Nucleic Acids + DNA Flashcards
(9 cards)
1
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Nucleotides contain…
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Carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus (CHONP)
2
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Nucleic acids are…
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Polymers made up of nucleotides
3
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Components of a nucleotide
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Sugar (pentose monosaccharide); phosphate group (acidic, negatively charged, inorganic); nitrogenous base
4
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Bonds in nucleotides
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Linked by condensation reactions; broken by hydrolysis; 5’ forms a covalent bonds with 3’; phosphodiester bonds; hydrogen bonds between bases
5
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Pyrimidines
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Smaller bases, thymine + cytosine
6
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Purines
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Larger bases, double carbon bonds, adenine + guanine
7
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Adenine binds to
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Thymine / uracil (RNA)
8
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Guanine binds to
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Cytosine
9
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Structure + bonds of DNA
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