Amino acids vs nucleic acids
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- Amino acids vs nucleic acids
- Both contain the elements CHON
- Both can link to form larger molecules- polymers from individual monomers
- Nucleotides
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Nucleotides consist of nitrogenous base
- plus pentose and phosphate
- bases are pyrimidines and purines
- Five different bases in nucleotides
- By hydrogen bonds
- Adenine with thymine or uracil and guanine with cytosine
- Bases can undergo complementary base pairing
- Nucleotides carry genetic information
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Nucleotides consist of nitrogenous base
- Amino acids
- Amino acids possess an amine, NH2 group and carboxylic group
- Variable R group
- More than 20 types of amino acid
- Amino acids link together by peptide bond formation-sugar phosphate backbone
- Sulphur containing vs. phosphate containing.
- Five different bases in nucleotides
- By hydrogen bonds
- Adenine with thymine or uracil and guanine with cytosine
- Bases can undergo complementary base pairing
- Nucleotides carry genetic information
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