THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN
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Question
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Sugar is ribose and has uracil instead of thymine
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Sugar is ribose and has uracil instead of adenine
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Sugar is deoxyribose and has adinine instead of thymine
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Detailed explanation-1: -There are two differences that distinguish DNA from RNA: (a) RNA contains the sugar ribose, while DNA contains the slightly different sugar deoxyribose (a type of ribose that lacks one oxygen atom), and (b) RNA has the nucleobase uracil while DNA contains thymine.
Detailed explanation-2: -The structure of Ribose and Deoxyribose is almost identical, with just one difference. Ribose sugar has a hydroxyl (OH) group at position 2, whereas deoxyribose sugar has a hydrogen (H) atom at position 2. Due to this, deoxyribose sugar is more stable than ribose sugar.
Detailed explanation-3: -Uracil is one of these bases. However, since mRNA is relatively short-lived and any potential faults don’t result in any lasting damage, RNA employs uracil because the instability doesn’t matter as much for RNA. Thymine is also quickly oxidized. The thymine in the nucleus is shielded from oxygen.