- Nucleic acid can be made up of a double helix structure or a single stranded structure.
- DNA and RNA both are Nucleic acids
- DNA consists of a base made up of: Cytosine, Thymine, Adenine, and Guanine.
- RNA consists of a base made up of: Cytosine, Adenine, and Guanine. Uracil
- Nucleic acids are built up by single nucleotides linked together.
- Nucleotides are made up of a five carbon sugar, a nitrogen base , and a phosphoric acid.
- Nucleotides are held together by phosphate ester bonds, which occur with the presence of oxygen and carbon atoms bonded together.
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Comparison of DNA and RNA
- Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is known to have a double helix structure, a deoxyribose sugar, and consists Thymine but not Uracil.
- Ribonucleic acid (RNA) consists of a ribose sugar and Uracil instead of Thymine.
- RNA is single stranded, and it translates the genetic material of DNA, into protein structures, carrying out the instructions of DNA.
- The three subcategories of RNA are Ribosomal RNA (rRNA),messanger RNA (mRNA), and transfer RNA (RNA).