Fun explore of Nucleic Acid in Biochemistry

Nucleic acid is defined as macromolecules made up of units called nucleotides, that come into naturally occuring varieties: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) Ribonucleic acid (RNA) Nucleic acid is a biopolymers that composed of monomers units: a base (purine or pyrimidine) a monosaccharide (ribose/deoxyribose) phosphoric acid

NUCLEIC ACIDS       PYRIMIDINES AND PURINES BASE Pyrimidines Thymine and Cytosine  are the smallest of the 4 bases. With only 1 ring in their structure. Point to Remember! *** In RNA, Thymine is replaced by Uracil *** Purines Adenosine and Guanine are the biggest of the 4 bases. Their structure contains a pyrimidine ring + a smaller 5 sided ring. Therefore making a 2 ringed structure. ·        NUCLEOSIDE    A  nucleoside  consists of a nitrogenous  base covalently attached to a sugar by glycosidic bond (ribose or deoxyribose) but without the phosphate group.   Nucleoside = Sugar + Base NAME OF NUCLEOSIDES ·         NUCLEOTIDE   A  nucleotide  consists of a nitrogenous base, a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) and one to three phosphate groups.   Nucleotide = Sugar + Base + Phosphat...