What are the three parts of nucleic acids?

Answer 1

The building blocks (called monomers) of nucleic acids are nucleotides. Nucleotides are composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group.

Answer 2

1). DNA = deoxyribonucleic acid - genetic material that stores information to synthesize proteins and to replicate new DNA. The genetic code is based on four nitrogen bases: adenine (A), thymine (T), guanine (G), cytosine (C). A bind with T and G binds with C. 2). RNA = ribonucleic acid - helps in synthesizing proteins. There are three main types of RNA. a. mRNA - messenger RNA, copy of the DNA, sent out into the cyctoplasm. Contains the genetic code for making proteins. b. rRNA - ribosomal RNA, building site for proteins. Reads the mRNA and allows the right tRNA to bring in the right amino acid. c. tRNA - transfer RNA, brings the right amino acid to the rRNA. 3). ATP= adenosine triphophate, Adenosine is made from adenine and a 5 carbon sugar. It is the energy source for all living organisms cells.

Answer 3

The codons, which create the nucleic acids, are made of four main bases, which are Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), and Thymine (T) after being transcribed from DNA into mRNA (messenger RNA). Every three letters form the nucleic acids on a codon chart. An example would be AAG-GTA-ATG-CCT-ACT as the original DNA sequence, and becomes UUC-CAU-UAC-GGA-UGA (G pairs with C, T with A, and a mRNA T is changed to U) and the nucleic acids would be determined with these letter groupings. For the previous example, the nucleic acids would be Phenylalanine(UUC)- Histidine(CAU)- Tyrosine(UAC)- Glycine(GGA)- stop(UGA), which is just simply the proteins that form the genetics that are Phenylalanine- Histidine- Tyrosine- Glycine- Stop (the stop is the end of the DNA strand).

Answer 4

1. A sugar molecule

2. A phosphate molecule

3. A nitrogen base

Answer 5

Nucleotides are made up of a sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen-containing molecule called a base.

Answer 6

A nucleic acid is made up of a nitrogen-containing base, a 5-carbon sugar and a phosphate group. Examples of nucleic acids are DNA and RNA.

Answer 7

nitrogenous base,sugar and phosphate group

Answer 8

The building blocks of nucleic acids are nucleotides. Each nucleotide contains a 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogen base.

Answer 9

The parts of a nucleotide include: a sugar, a nitrogenous base and one or more phosphate groups.

Answer 10

You have phosphate and pentose sugar in what is called as anti-parrallel way. Then you have Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine connecting them, by hydrogen bond. ( A-T, T-A, C-G, G-C.)