Nucleic+Acids

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Nucleic Acids are polymers that come from monomers the are called nucleotides. They are formed by long chains of nucleotides that are connected due to the process of Dehydration synthesis. In Dehydration Synthesis 1 water molecule is removed from the OH group, then the remaining Oxygen connects to the 2 monomers with an oxygen bridge. Nucleic Acids are made up of a 5-Carbon Sugar, A Nitrogenous Base, and a Phosphate Group. Nucleotides are joined together by sugars and phosphates on the side, two strands of DNA join together to form a double helix. Nucleic Acids store genetic, hereditary information aswell as transmit it. They are inside chromosomes, they are basically the blueprint for cellular structure and function. Two types of nucleic acids are RNA (Ribonucleic Acids), their pentose sugar is Ribose. Another type is DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acids), their pentose sugar is Deoxyribose. DNA has no Oxygen in the 2nd carbon. Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine are four types of bases they all contain nitrogen. DNA nucleotides have 2 different types of groups Purines which is double rings, or Pyramidines which is a single ring. RNA has no Oxygen in the 3rd carbon. Adenine, Uracyl, Cytosine, and Guanine are four types of bases all of them also contain nitrogen. They both have cytosine, adenine, and guanine. THey have 5-carbon sugar, a phosphate group is their backbone. They are both stranded molecules, carry genetic information, and have a part during protein making. But DNA has a double-stranded helix arrangement, and RNA is single stranded. Also, DNA is larger than RNA.======