Nucleotides

• There are two types of nucleic acid molecules: DNA and RNA.
• The basic structure of a nucleotide is made of a sugar molecule, either RNA or DNA, attached to a phosphat group and a nitrogen-containing base
• Nitrogenous bases can be purines (adenine and guanine) or pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine, uracil)
• Purines are larger and have a one-ringed structure
• Pyrimidines are smaller and have a two-ringed structure
• When a nucleotide is assembled, each nitrogenus base is attached to one or more phosphate groups.
• Pyramidines are: Thymine, cytosine, and guanine
• Purines are; guanine and adenine
• Ribonucleic acids contain ribose as their sugar component
• Cytosine only pairs with guanine
• Phosphate groups are represented by orange circles
• A phosphate group, links neighboring sugars in a nucleic acid
• The base only carries the coded genetic message in a nucleic acid
• Deoxyborise sugar is found in DNA
• Ribose sugar is found in RNA
• ATP is a nucleotide that provides chemical energy for metabolism
• When a nucleotide is forming it causes condensation which removes water
• In a fromation of a nucleotide , a phosphoric acid base are chemically bonded to a sugar molecule by condensation reactions in which water is gvenoff. The reverse action is called hydrolysis
• Nucleotides has 3 components; a base, sugar, and phosphate
• Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids
• The combination of bases in the nucleotides making up DNA or RNA stores the information controlling the cell's activity