base pairs

• The bases are:

  • Adenine -> A
  • Thymine -> T
  • Guanine -> G
  • Cytosine -> C
• A = Adenine
• T = thymine
• G = guanine
• C = cytosine
• Complimentary base pairs = A-T + G-C
• A-T = Adenine - Thymine
• G-C= Guanine-Cytosine
• Adenine always pairs with Thymine
• Guanine always pairs with Cytosine
• Complimentary base pairs -> the shapes of the bases compliment each other
• What is the ratio of the complimentary base pairs?

  1:1 -> regardless of species; HOWEVER, the percentage or mass of bases in different species will be different
• why is the order of the bases important in the production of proteins?

  the order of the bases form a code for the amino acids -> order of amino acids determine which protein is coded for