Nucleic Acid

Nucleic acids are

Each nucleotide has three parts:

Nitrogen bases are ________ amines that contain at least one nitrogen atom in the ring structure.

2 types of nitrogenous bases:

Purine includes

Nitrogenous bases both present in the DNA and RNA.

What are purines?

Pyrimidines include

A single six-membered ring.

Nitrogenous base that is only present in RNA.

Nitrogenous base that is only present in DNA.

Sugar in RNA is

Sugar in DNA is

The difference between two sugars ribose and deoxyribose is found at the 2' carbon. TRUE or FALSE
True False

Nucleoside is a combination of

Sugar and base are joined by a

purines are joined at

pyrimidines are joined at

In naming nucleosides nitrogenous bases get their names by suffix. TRUE or FALSE
True False

Suffix for purine is

Suffix for pyrimidine is

There is no prefix for nucleoside containing

sugar + base +phosphate group

sugar + base

N-C-C-C(-NH2)- N-C

N-C-C-C-NH-C-(NH²)

N-C-C(-CH³)-C(=O)-NH-C(=O)

N-C-C-C(-NH²)-N-C(=O)

N-C-C-C(=O)-NH-C(=O)

The backbone of the polymer is called the sugar-