THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

PANCREAS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following breaks down nucleic acids into nucleotides?
A
steapsin
B
trypsin
C
proteases
D
nucleases
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nucleases are enzymes which break down nucleic acids to free nucleotides. These enzymes are present in the pancreatic juice .

Detailed explanation-2: -Nucleases are enzymes that are specially designed to break apart the nucleotides that make up the nucleic acids DNA and RNA.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nucleases cleave the phosphodiester bonds of nucleic acids and may be endo or exo, DNases or RNases, topoisomerases, recombinases, ribozymes, or RNA splicing enzymes.

Detailed explanation-4: -Nucleases are enzymes which catalyze breakdown of nucleic acids.

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