BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

NUCLEIC ACIDS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is not part of a DNA nucleotide?
A
double helix
B
five-carbon sugar
C
nitrogen base
D
phosphate group
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nucleotides that make the DNA strands contain deoxyribose sugar, phospate molecule and one nitrogenous base out of adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine. Uracil is never a part of nucleotide of DNA.

Detailed explanation-2: -The double helix describes the appearance of double-stranded DNA, which is composed of two linear strands that run opposite to each other, or anti-parallel, and twist together. Each DNA strand within the double helix is a long, linear molecule made of smaller units called nucleotides that form a chain.

Detailed explanation-3: -DNA double helix does not contain uracil because DNA molecules only have 4 nucleotides, A, G, C and T.

Detailed explanation-4: -DNA is made up of four building blocks called nucleotides: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), and cytosine (C).

Detailed explanation-5: -Final answer: Uracil is not found in DNA.

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