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Nucleic Acids
Nucleic Acid
macromolecule that carries genetic information read in cells to create RNA + proteins
How many calories does one gram of nucleic acid produce?
Not used for metabolism
-if metabolized they would only provide around 2 calories
DNA
deoxyribonucleic acid
-fundamental hereditary material of all organisms
RNA
ribonucleic acid
-single strand
Nucleotide? structure?
basic chemical unit in nucleic acids
-built up of nitrogenous base, sugar, and phosphate
Forms of nitrogenous bases
Pyrimidine
Purine
Pyrimidine base
6 membered single-ring structure
ie: cytosine, thymine, uracil
Purine
fused double ring structure
ie: adenine, guanine
Bonds between nitrogenous bases
Adenine bonds with thymine (uracil)
Guanine bonds with cytosine
Organic Compound
Molecule of life that contains carbon
Cells
simplest structural unit of a living organism
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