LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

BIOCHEMISTRY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which is the monomer (building block) for nucleic acids?
A
amino acid
B
fatty acid & glycerol
C
nucleotide
D
monosaccharide
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nucleotides are the monomers, or subunits, of nucleic acids like DNA and RNA. Each nucleotide is composed of a nitrogenous base (purine or pyrimidine), a five-carbon sugar (ribose or deoxyribose), and a phosphate group. ā€˜nā€™ is the number of nucleotides join to form a nucleic acid.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -The monomers of DNA are called nucleotides. Nucleotides have three components: a base, a sugar (deoxyribose) and a phosphate residue. The four bases are adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) and thymine (T).

Detailed explanation-4: -The monomers used to build nucleic acids are called nucleotides.

Detailed explanation-5: -Amino acids are the building blocks of nucleic acids.

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