BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The polymers (large subunits) of nucleic acids are ____ (select all that apply)
A
DNA
B
RNA
C
Monosaccharides
D
Amino Acids
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Amino acids are the subunits of nucleic acids. Glucose is the subunit of glycogen. Nucleotides are large molecules made of DNA or RNA.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nucleotide A nucleotide is the basic building block of nucleic acids (RNA and DNA). A nucleotide consists of a sugar molecule (either ribose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA) attached to a phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing base. The bases used in DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T).

Detailed explanation-3: -Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are polymers composed of monomers called nucleotides.

Detailed explanation-4: -While the nitrogenous bases adenine, guanine, and cytosine are identified in both DNA and RNA, thymine is found only in DNA, and uracil is found only in RNA [24].

Detailed explanation-5: -Figure 3.14. 1: RNA Structure: A nucleotide is made up of three components: a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and one or more phosphate groups.

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