nucleic acids
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Nucleic Acids. The amino acid sequence of a polypeptide is programmed by genes. Genes consist of DNA, which is a polymer belonging to the class of compounds known as nucleic acids. Function. Direct growth and development of every living thing by means of a chemical code. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Nucleic Acids•The amino acid sequence of a polypeptide is programmed by genes.
•Genes consist of DNA, which is a polymer belonging to the class of compounds known as nucleic acids.
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Function
• Direct growth and development of every living thing by means of a chemical code.
• Determine how the cell functions and what characteristics it has.
• Made up of long chains of linked subunits called nucleotides.
• Monomers of nucleic acids are nucleotides.
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Nucleotide1. Sugar ( deoxyribose, ribose)2. Phosphate Group3. Nitrogen Base : Adenine Thymine
Cystosine Guanine
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Nucleic Acids Store and Transmit Hereditary Information
• The two types of nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA).
• They enable living organisms to reproduce their complex components from one generation to the next.
• DNA provides directions for its own replication.
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DNA• Deoxyribonucleic
Acid• Main component of
genes, the hereditary material in all cells.
• Made up of Adenine, Guanine, Thymine, Cytosine.
• Two nucleotide chains joins together into a double helix.
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RNA• Contains instructions for
making proteins.• Made up of four
nucleotides acting as counterparts to the DNA.
• Consists of a single long chain of nucleotides.
• Made up of Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine and Guanine.
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• A pyrimidine has a six-membered ring of carbon and nitrogenous atoms – they are cytosine, thymine, and uracil.
• Purines are larger and have a six-membered ring fused to a five-membered ring – adenine and guanine.
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We Can Use DNA and Proteins As Tape Measures of Evolution
• Genes and their products document the hereditary background of an organism.
• Since DNA molecules are passed through generations, related individuals have greater similarities in their DNA than unrelated individuals do