BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Select the correct levels of structure of RNA, from least to most complex.
A
Nucleotide, strand, double helix, chromosome, genome
B
Nucleotide, phosphodiester bond, hydrogen bond, histone
C
Nitrogenous base, pentose sugar, phosphate group, nucleotide
D
Single strand, double helix, histone, genome, chromosome
E
Nucleotide, strand, hairpin loop, 3-D structure
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Like proteins, RNA structure can be described in terms of its primary (sequence), secondary (hairpins, bulges and internal loops), tertiary (A-minor motif, 3-way junction, pseudoknot, etc.) and quaternary structure (supermolecular organisation).

Detailed explanation-2: -RNA in minimum amount in a cell is mRNA.

Detailed explanation-3: -An RNA hairpin is an essential secondary structure of RNA. It can guide RNA folding, determine interactions in a ribozyme, protect messenger RNA (mRNA) from degradation, serve as a recognition motif for RNA binding proteins or act as a substrate for enzymatic reactions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Transfer RNA (tRNA) tRNA is the smallest of the 3 types of RNA, possessing around 75-95 nucleotides. tRNAs are an essential component of translation, where their main function is the transfer of amino acids during protein synthesis.

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