The Nucleic Acids: A Cells Computer and its Programs

Two major representatives of nucleic acid

DNA & RNA

Any nucleic acid is made of many subunit molecules (monomers) called ….

Nucleotides

Which nucleic acid is considered as the genetic material with stored directions for making all proteins within the body?

DNA

What nucleic acid has a crucial role in protein synthesis

RNA

What does RNA do?

Carries out DNA’s instructions and translates the DNA program into proteins that can perform life functions

What does Adenine pair with (DNA)?

Thymine

What does cytosine pair with (DNA)?

Guanine

Each nucleotide consists of three molecules joined together in the order of _______ -- _______ - - ________

Phosphate - - Pentose Sugar - - Nitrogenous Base

In DNA, the pentose sugar is ________

Deoxyribose

In RNA, the pentose sugar is ______

Ribose

Is the pentose sugar in a nucleotide a monosaccharide, a disaccharide, or a polysaccharide

Monosaccharide

Which of the three molecules of a nucleotide has nitrogen

Nitrogenous Base

What nitrogenous base is in RNA, but not DNA?

Uracil

Structure of RNA

single strange

ribose

uracil

Copy of a gene that provides the order and type of amino acids in a protein

mRNA

A carrier that delivers the correct amino acids for protein assembly

tRNA

ATP is a nucleotide containing _____, ______, and three _______ rather than just one

adenine, ribose, and three phosphates rather than just one

ATP is a nucleotide consisting of three molecules, joined together in the order of ______ - ______ - ______ -______-______

Phosphate - - Phosphate -- Phosphate - - ribose (sugar) - - Adenine Base

What is the role of ATP in cells?

ATP is the primary source of energy to cells.

ATP gives off energy when the bond is broken between the ___ & ____ _______

2nd & 3rd phosphate

Purines are

Adenine & Guanine

Pyrimidines are

cytosine, thymine (DNA), Uracil (RNA)