Nucleic acids

• Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are the two types of nucleic acids.
• RNA and DNA have structural differences related to the sugar, bases, and number of strands.
• Both RNA and DNA are polymers of smaller units called nucleotides.
• A nucleotide is made up of a five-carbon sugar bonded to one of five nitrogen-containing bases and at least one phosphate group.
• Nucleic acids encode information.
• ribonucleic acid is RNA
• Sugar in RNA is Ribose and in DNA is Deoxyribose
• Bases of RNA are adenine, guanine, cytosine and Uracil
• Bases of DNA are adenine, guanine, cytosine and Thymine
• DNA has two strands that form a double helix
• Uracil is not in DNA
• Adenosine triphosphate ( ATP ) is a special nucleotide
• ATP is often described as the energy currency of cells