BIOMOLECULES AND ENZYMES

BIOLOGY

PROTEINS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of these is not a base found in DNA?
A
Adenine
B
Thymine
C
Guanine
D
Uracil
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Uracil is absent in DNA. It is found in RNA. In place of Uracil, Thymine is found in DNA.

Detailed explanation-2: -Abstract. Uracil is one of four nitrogen bases, most frequently found in normal RNA. Uracyl can be found also in DNA as a result of enzymatic or non-enzymatic deamination of cytosine as well as misincorporation of dUMP instead of dTMP during DNA replication.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the four nucleobases in DNA’s nucleic acid, represented by the letters G-C-A-T, is thymine. This is so that the DNA repair enzymes may recognize thymine rather than uracil. Because thymine has a higher resistance to photochemical mutation and makes the genetic code more durable, DNA uses it instead of uracil.

Detailed explanation-4: -Uracil is one of four nitrogenous bases found in the RNA molecule: uracil and cytosine (derived from pyrimidine) and adenine and guanine (derived from purine). Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) also contains each of these nitrogenous bases, except that thymine is substituted for uracil.

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