LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
DNA and RNA are made up of nucleotides. Each nucleotide is composed of ____
A
sugar, nitrogenous base and an acid
B
sugar, nitrogenous base and a phosphate group
C
sugar, ATP, and a phosphate group
D
amino acids
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -A molecule consisting of a nitrogen-containing base (adenine, guanine, thymine, or cytosine in DNA; adenine, guanine, uracil, or cytosine in RNA), a phosphate group, and a sugar (deoxyribose in DNA; ribose in RNA).

Detailed explanation-3: -DNA is made up of proteins consisting of the sugar ribose, a carbon ring, and one of four phosphorus bases. phosphate group, and one of four nitrogenous bases (adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine.)

Detailed explanation-4: -An RNA molecule has a backbone made of alternating phosphate groups and the sugar ribose, rather than the deoxyribose found in DNA. Attached to each sugar is one of four bases: adenine (A), uracil (U), cytosine (C) or guanine (G).

Detailed explanation-5: -Sugars. In addition to having slightly different sets of bases, DNA and RNA nucleotides also have slightly different sugars. The five-carbon sugar in DNA is called deoxyribose, while in RNA, the sugar is ribose.

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