EXAM Q&A STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE
SOLUTION
◉Contain 2 carbon-nitrogen rings, and 4 nitrogen atoms. Answer:
Purines - A and G
◉Contain 1 carbon-nitrogen ring, and 2 nitrogen atoms. Answer:
Pyramidines - T and C
◉Deoxyribose. Answer: sugar chemically linked to each base in DNA
◉Nucleoside. Answer: base + deoxyribose
◉Nucleotide. Answer: base + deoxyribose + phosphate group
◉complementary pairs. Answer: purine always pairs with
pyramidine
(T+A), (C+G)
, ◉Occur when 2 negatively charged atoms share a hydrogen atom.
Answer: Hydrogen bonds
◉# of hydrogen bonds between A and T. Answer: two
◉# of hydrogen bonds between C and G. Answer: three
◉sequence. Answer: specified linear arrangement of nucleotides
linked to the polynucleotide chains of DNA. Defines the entire
organism
◉end terminating with a phosphate group. Answer: 5' (five prime)
end
◉end terminating with a hydroxyl group. Answer: 3' (three prime)
end
◉antiparallel arrangement. Answer: one side of the helix runs in the
opposite (5'-3') direction of the other (3'-5)
◉Genome. Answer: entire sequence of paired bases in DNA
◉histone proteins. Answer: A simple protein bound to DNA,
involved in the coiling of chromosomes