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NAME THE 3 STRUCTURES OF DNA

PHOSPHATE GROUP


PENTOSE SUGAR


NITROGEN-CONTAINING BASE

WHAT SUGAR IS IN DNA?
DEOXY RIBOSE
WHAT SUGAR IS IN RNA AND WHAT IS ITS JOB?

RIBOSE AND A BASE OF 4 SUGARS


RNA TRANSFERS GENETIC INFOMATION FROM DNA TO RIBOSOMES AND THEY READ POLYPEPTIDES DURING TRANSLATION

HOW DO DNA JOIN UP?
TWO DNA PLOYNUCLEOTIDES JOIN UP IN A HYDROGEN BOND BETWEEN THE COMPLEMENTARY BASES.
WHICH BASES PAIR UP TOGETHER AND WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?

ADENINE + THYMINE


CYTOCINE + GAUNINE


THIS MEANS THERE IS ALWAYS EQUAL AMOUNTS OF EACH IN EACH PAIR

HOW DO THE BOND WORK BETWEEN THE BASES?

2 HYDROGEN BONDS FORM BETWEEN A+T AND


3 BOND FOR BETWEEN C+G BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE HYDROGENS

WHAT BASES DOES DNA CONTAIN?
A,G,T,C
WHAT BASES DOES RNA CONTAIN?
A,G,U,T
HOW DOES THE STRUCTURE OF DNA FORM?
THE DNA NUCLEOTIDE WOULD JOIN UP IN A CONDENSATION REACTION FORMING HYDROGEN BONDS. AND JOIN UP TO THEIR COMPEMENTARY SUGARS (A,G,C,T) ON ONE END OF THE STRAND THERE IS A 5 CARBON END AND ON THE OTHER THERE IS A 3 CARBON END. IT IS ANTIPARALLEL AND RUNS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION