Nucleic Acids

• Structure:

  • Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus
• Monomer:

  • Nucleotide
• Polymers:

  • DNA - Deoxyribonucleic Acid
  • RNA - Ribonucleic Acid
• Comparing DNA and RNA:

  DNA:

  Structural

  1. double stranded
  2. coiled- helix
  3. deoxyribose sugar
  4. thymine bas
  5. longer strand
• Comparing DNA and RNA:

  RNA:

  Structural

  1. single stranded
  2. linear
  3. ribose sugars
  4. uracil base
  5. shorter strand
• DNA:

  Functional:

  1. hereditary characteristics
• RNA:

  Functional:

  1. tells ribosomes what proteins to make