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| nitrogenous base, pentose (no phosphate) |
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| nitrogenous base, pentose, phosephate group |
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| links the nitrogenous base to the pentose sugar (beta = above plane) |
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| links to nitrogenous base |
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| group attached signals whether DNA (H) or RNA (OH) |
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| link together to form backbone |
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| adenine and guanine, 2 ring base structure |
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| cytosine, thymine (DNA), and uracil (RNA), 1 6 member ring base structure |
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| building blocks of nucleic acids, chemical energy (ATP), secondary messengers (cAMP), cofactors |
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| Where does ATP bond break to release the most energy? |
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| alpha-beta anhydride linkage = 46 kJ/mol |
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| links successive nucleotide units |
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| base composition of DNA varies from species to species, different tissues of same organism have same base composition, base composition does not change (with age, health, etc.), in all DNA # of A=T and G=C |
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| hydrophilic backbone, 10 base pairs/turn, antiparallel and complimentary strands, hydrophobic bases, beta-DNA (right handed double helix) prominent form |
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| bonding between base pairs |
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| provides for complimentary strands, A=T (2H bonds), G=C (3H bonds) |
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| disruption of H bonds between bases, strand backbone remains intact |
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| spontaneous association of individual, complementary DNA chains |
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| differences between RNA and DNA |
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| in RNA, T replaced by U, single-stranded, ribose (2'C has OH group), not as stable |
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| can be in viral genome, mRNA - transmits info encoded by DNA to protein sequence, tRNA - adapter in protein synthesis, rRNA - part of ribosomal structure, ribozymes - catalytic activity |
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