BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which base is ONLY found in DNA?
A
Cytosine
B
Guanine
C
Thymine
D
Adenine
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Complete answer: The nitrogen base found only in DNA is known as thymine which is also called 5-methyl uracil as thymine is a derivative of uracil.

Detailed explanation-2: -DNA base pair. Under normal circumstances, the nitrogen-containing bases adenine (A) and thymine (T) pair together, and cytosine (C) and guanine (G) pair together. The binding of these base pairs forms the structure of DNA .

Detailed explanation-3: -Adenine and guanine are found in RNA and DNA in terrestrial life, whereas thymine is only found in DNA and uracil only in RNA.

Detailed explanation-4: -⇒ Thymine is present in DNA but not in RNA.

Detailed explanation-5: -DNA is made up of four building blocks called nucleotides: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C). The nucleotides attach to each other (A with T, and G with C) to form chemical bonds called base pairs, which connect the two DNA strands.

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