THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
DNA MAKES RNA MAKES PROTEIN
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Nucleic acids and proteins both contain peptide bonds.
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Nucleic acids are the basic building blocks for proteins.
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Nucleic acids provide the instructions on how to build proteins.
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Nucleic acids store energy used by proteins during chemical reactions.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Nucleic acids (DNA & RNA) are the factories that produce (express) genetic information in the form of amino acids. These amino acids are the building blocks of proteins that bring those genetic changes phenotypically.
Detailed explanation-2: -It has been proposed that the nucleic acids serve as templates for the formation of proteins and that they determine the sequence of amino acids in the protein molecule, and such a role has been supported on statistical grounds (3).
Detailed explanation-3: -Three processes are required: (1) replication, in which new copies of DNA are made; (2) transcription, in which a segment of DNA is used to produce RNA; and (3) translation, in which the information in RNA is translated into a protein sequence.
Detailed explanation-4: -Nucleic acids contain the same elements as proteins: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen; plus phosphorous (C, H, O, N, and P). Nucleic acids are very large macromolecules composed of repetitive units of the same building blocks, nucleotides, similar to a pearl necklace made of many pearls.