Nucleic Acids Flashcards
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What is the monomer of a nucleic acid
Nucleotides
Are proteins usually acidic or basic
Basic
Are Nucleic acids acidic or basic
Acidic
What are the types of nucleic acids
DNA and RNA
What is the function of nucleic acid
To store genetic information and to retrieve genetic information
What are some modified nucleotides
ATP, NADH and cAMP
What makes up the sugar of a nucleotide
Phosphate and a pentose (furan)
Are nucleic acids negatively charged
yes
What is the difference between ribose and deoxyribose
Deoxyribose has a H in 2’ for deoxyribose and OH in 2’ for ribose
Do we have a furan in ribose
Yes
What carbon does the phosphate bind to
the 5’ and 3’ carbon
What are the shapes of nitrogenous bases
Pyramidine and purine
How many rings does pyramidine have
1
How many rings does purine have
2
What does the 1’ carbon bind to for pyramidine
The carbon 1 (N carbon)
What does the 1’ carbon bind to for purine
The NH carbon
What are the members of purines
A (adenine) and G (Guanine)
What are the members of pyramidine
C (Cytosine), Uracil and Thymine
What base is exclusive to DNA
Thymine
Are Nucleic acid bases hydrophobic or hydrophillic
Hydrophobic
What is resonant (in chemistry)
Electron ring causing partial double bond
What wavelength can Nucleotides absorb easily
260nm wavelength (UV light can be absorbed)
What is a nucleoside
Nucleotide with no phosphate
What is the nomenclature for nucleoside purines
add Osine