nucleic acids

  • polymers of nucleotides

    • pentose sugar

    • phosphate group

    • nitrogenous base (A, C, G, T)

  • DNA

    • double helix

    • polynucleotide strands (A-T, C-G)

    • sugar phosphate backbone

  • RNA

    • single polynucleotide strand (A-U, C-G)

  • ATP - nucleotide derivative

  • coenzymes derived from nucleotides