A nucleotide is a nucleoside with an -OH group of the sugar bonded in an ester linkage to phosphoric acid
The nucleotides of RNA are move precisely called ribonucleotides
Nucleotides of DNA - deoxyribonucleotides
Nucleic acids are composed of nucleotide subunits
Nucleic acids are composed of long strands of nucleotide subunits
A dinucleotide contains two nucleotide subunits
An oligonucleotide contains 3 to 10 nucleotide subunits
A polynucleotide contains many nucleotide subunits
DNA and RNA are polynucleotides
Biosynthesis of nucleic acids -
The primary structure of a nucleic acid -
The primary structure of nucleic acid is the sequence of bases in the strand
Remember that the nucleotide at 5’end of the strand has an unlinked 5’-triphosphate group, and the nucleotide at 3’end has an unlinked 3’-hydroxyl group
5’- end A T G A G C C A T A G C C A T T 3’- end
The secondary structure of DNA -
DNA wrists of two strands of nucleotides with the sugar phosphate backbone on the outside and the basis on the inside
The strands are anti parallel(the run is opposite direction)
The strands are hold together by hydrogenbonds between the basis on one strand and the basis on the other strand
The DNA strands are complementary
The double Helix -
The OH group of the phosphodiester linkages has a pka about 2
So, it is in its basic form (negatively charged) at physiological pH
Transcription DNA $\rightarrow$ RNA
Translation m RNA $\rightarrow$ protein
The RNAs used for protein Biosynthesis
Messenger RNA (mRNA)
Ribosomal RNA(rRNA)
The particle on which the biosynthesis of protein takes place
Transfer RNA(t RNA) - conversion of amino acids used for protein synthesis