Biomolecules - Nucleic Acid

• Nucleic acid - largest and most complex biomolecule; consists of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus; contains information that cells use to make proteins
• The basic unit or monomer of nucleic acid is called nucleotide
• Protein synthesis is the process of making proteins from amino acids
• DNA (Deoxyribonucleic acid) - found in the cell nuclei; contains the genetic code used in the development and functioning of genetic information of all organisms; long-term storage and transmission of genetic information; made of deoxyribose sugar, phosphate and four bases: adenine, thymine, guanine, cytosine
• RNA (Ribonucleic acid) - found in the cytoplasm of all cells and carries out the synthesis of proteins, transfers the genetic information from the nucleus to ribosomes; made up of ribose sugar, phosphate and four bases: adenine, uracil, guanine, cytosine