Polynucleotides and DNA

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  • Created on: 04-11-17 13:27
What forms when lots of nucleotides join together?
Polynucleotides
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What forms a 'phosphodiester bond'?
nucleotide joining up between phosphate group + one nucleotide + sugar of another.
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What does a 'phosphodiester bond' consist of?
phosphate group + two ester bonds
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Define 'sugar- phosphate backbone'
chain of sugars + phosphates
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what bonds need to be broken for polynucleotides to be broken down into nucleotides?
Phosphodiester bonds
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What forms a DNA double-Helix?
Two anti-parallel (opposite direction) polynucleotide strands joined/ twisted together
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How are two DNA polynucleotide strands joined together?
By hydrogen bonding between the bases.
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Define 'complementary base pairing'
Each base can only join with one particular partner.
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How does the 'Complementary base pairing' work?
Purine= Pyrimidine. A=T (Two hydrogen bonds present) C=G (Three hydrogen bonds present)
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Define 'Semi-conservative replication'
One strand from original DNA + one new strand of DNA
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Define 'Mutation'
Change to DNA base sequence, alter sequence of amino acids in a protein= abnormal protein to be produced.
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What forms a 'phosphodiester bond'?

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nucleotide joining up between phosphate group + one nucleotide + sugar of another.

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What does a 'phosphodiester bond' consist of?

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Define 'sugar- phosphate backbone'

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what bonds need to be broken for polynucleotides to be broken down into nucleotides?

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