Nucleic Acids Flashcards
What are the functional groups of nucleic acids?
Amines and phosphates.
What is the monomer of nucleic acids?
Nucleotides.
Parts of nucleotides.
Phosphate, sugar, nitrogenous base.
What is ATP
ATP is high energy molecules that store the energy we need to do just about everything.
When do we release ATP?
Cellular respiration.
What is the structure of ATP?
Adenine+Ribose+3Phosphates
DNA is the carrier of what?
Genetic information.
What is the function of DNA?
Stores genetic information.
What is the structure of DNA?
Nucleotide+Deoxyribose+Base (Adenine-Thymine, Cytosine-Guanine)
Cell location of DNA?
DNA is always located in the nucleus of a cell.
What contains ribose?
RNA
What is composed of a double strand of nucleotides?
DNA
What contains deoxyribose?
DNA
What contains uracil?
RNA
What contains thymine?
DNA
What is composed of a single strand of nucleotides?
RNA
What is RNA?
RNA is a nucleic acid present in all living cells. Its principal role is to act as a messenger carrying information from DNA.
(Copy of DNA)
Structure of RNA.
Ribose+Phosphate groups+Nitrogenous base
Where is RNA found? I
Nucleus.
What are the types of DNA?
rRNA
mRNA
tRNA
What is a nucleic acid?
A complex organic substance present in all living cells, especially DNA or RNA, whose molecules consist of many nucleotides linked in a long chain.
