BIOLOGY
STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS
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Question
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DNA has uracil and RNA has thymine
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DNA is involved in transcription and RNA is involved in translation
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DNA contains thymine and RNA contains uracil
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DNA is made of nucleotides and RNA is not
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Detailed explanation-1: -DNA and RNA are nearly identical polymers of nucleotides, except for the base pairs. DNA contains thymine while the same is substituted with uracil in RNA.
Detailed explanation-2: -Uracil (U) is one of the four nucleotide bases in RNA, with the other three being adenine (A), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). In RNA, uracil pairs with adenine. In a DNA molecule, the nucleotide thymine (T) is used in place of uracil.
Detailed explanation-3: -The bases used in DNA are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T). In RNA, the base uracil (U) takes the place of thymine. DNA and RNA molecules are polymers made up of long chains of nucleotides.
Detailed explanation-4: -Answer and Explanation: RNA uses uracil instead of thymine because RNA is already short-lived (compared to DNA) and errors don’t lead to long-lasting damage. Most importantly, uracil is less stable than thymine thereby making it easier to break down, as it is essentially a demethylated version of thymine.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.