Study Set Content:
HOW TO FORM NUCLEIC ACIDS
First reaction:
Nitrogen base + 5-carbon sugar
Nitrogen base + 5-carbon sugar
nucleoside
Second reaction:
Phosphoric acid + nucleoside
Phosphoric acid + nucleoside =
nucleotide
The combination of a phosphoric acid with a nucleoside produces a nucleotide, which is a
phosphate ester of a nucleoside.
The formation involves a (blank) reaction
condensation
The formation involves a condensation reaction between the
phosphoric acid and the alcohol group on carbon number 5, the –CH2OH.
Third reaction:
Nucleotide becomes nucleic acid
contain two intertwining polynucleotide strands
DNA
have only a single
RNA
Nitrogen bases DNA
A:T , C:G
Nitrogen bases RNA
A:U, C:G
Sugar DNA
Deoxyribose
SUGAR RNA
Ribose
Location in the cell DNA
Nucleus, mitochondria
Location in the cell RNA
Nucleus, ribosome, cytosol, nucleolus, mithochondria
DNA structure
Double stranded
RNA structure
Single stranded
DNA function
Carried genetic information
RNA function
Protein synthesis
