Nucleic Acids

Question 1

Nucleic Acids

Answer 1

linear unbranched polymers of nucleotides, store genetic information

Question 2

Nucleoside

Answer 2

base and pentose

Question 3

Nucleotide

Answer 3

made of nitrogenous base, pentose, and 1-3 phosphate groups

Question 4

Nitrogenous Bases

Answer 4

purines and pyrimidines

Question 5

Purines

Answer 5

adenine and guanine, fused 6 sided ring and 5 sided ring

Question 6

Pyrimidines

Answer 6

cytosine, thymine, and uracil, made of 6 sided ring

Question 7

Pentose Sugars in Nucleotides

Answer 7

ribose and deoxyribose

Question 8

Ribose

Answer 8

has oxygen, in RNA

Question 9

Deoxyribose

Answer 9

no oxygen, in DNA

Question 10

Phosphodiester Bond

Answer 10

covalent bond between phosphate group and OH of previous nitrogenous base

Question 11

3’ end of DNA/RNA

Answer 11

–OH

Question 12

5’ end of DNA/RNA

Answer 12

phosphate group

Question 13

Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)

Answer 13

single stranded nucleic acid, convert DNA into proteins

Question 14

Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA)

Answer 14

double stranded nucleic acid, found in nucleus of cells

Question 15

Sugar-Phosphate Backbone

Answer 15

connected pentose and phosphate groups on outside of DNA strands