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Are nucleic acids amino acids?

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No they're not. A nucleic acid is a polymer of nucleotides (1 nitrogenous base, 1 phosphate group and 1 pentose) bonded together by a phosphodiester bond. The two most famous nucleic acids are RNA and DNA

An amino acid is a molecules that makes up polypeptides chains and proteins

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An amino acid is to a protein as what is to a nucleic acid?
An amino acid is the monomer used to create proteins. Nucleotides are the basic unit used to make nucleic acids (such as DNA). Therefore an amino acid is to a protein as a nucleotide is to a nucleic...
Nucleotides are to nucleic acids as amino acids are to?
Protein.
Are amino acids considered nucleic acids?
No
Is nucleic acids the same as amino acids?
No. Amino acids are monomers of proteins and nucleic acids is a macromolecule.
Are nucleic acids made of amino acids?
No, the monomers of nucleic acids are nucleotides. The monomers amino acids are the building blocks of polypeptides (proteins).

Are nucleic acids amino acids?

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