NUCLEIC ACID

• Who created the term "nucleic acid?"

  Richard Altmann
• What are the elements present in Nucleic Acid?

  CHON P
• This refers to biopolymers or large biomolecules that is essential to all known forms of life.

  Nucleic Acids
• Nucleic acids reproduce when attached to living cell.

  True
• This nucleic acid transcribes and regulates the genetic information.

  RNA
• This nucleic acid holds genetic information.

  DNA
• What are the four bases of DNA?

  ATCG
• What are the four bases of RNA?

  AUCG
• Its role is to transmit genetic information.

  Nucleic Acid
• It is a type of chemical molecule that makes up DNA and RNA.

  Nucleotides
• What are the three components of Nucleotides?

  1. Phosphate Groups
  2. Pentose Sugar
  3. Nitrogenous Bases
• This can be ribose (RNA) or deoxyribose (DNA).

  Pentose Sugar
• What is the monomer of Nucleic Acid?

  Nucleotides
• It is a monosaccharide with 5-carbon atoms.

  Pentose sugar
• Cytosine and Thymine are...

  Pyrimidine
• Adenine and Guanine are...

  Purine
• It is a two-carbon nitrogen ring bases.

  Purine
• It is a one-carbon nitrogen ring bases.

  Pyrimidine
• What are the two kinds of nitrogenous bases present in DNA and RNA?

  1. Pyrimidine
  2. Purine