MACROMOLECULES important to living

things!1._____________2. _____________3. _____________

(Fats, oils, waxes, steroids)

4._____________

Carbohydrates

ProteinsLipids

Nucleic acids

NUCLEIC ACIDS contain: _______, _________, _______, ___________and ________

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NUCLEOTIDEare built from ___________ subunits

CARBONHYDROGENOXYGEN

PHOSPHORUSNITROGEN

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NUCLEOTIDES

Changing the _______ &and ____________ produces ___________nucleotide subunits

sugarnitrogen base

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NUCLEOTIDES

2 SUGARS can be used:

____________ (_____)

________(____)

DEOXYRIBOSEDNA

RIBOSERNA

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5 NITROGEN BASES

_____________ = A_____________ = G_____________ = C_____________ = T (only in DNA)_____________ = U (only in RNA)

ADENINEGUANINECYTOSINETHYMINEURACIL

These Nitrogen bases:_____________

NO __________

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MAKING _____ USES:

uracil

DEOXYRIBOSE

DNA

A, T, C, or G

SUGAR = _______________

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SUGAR = __________

TheseNitrogen bases _____________

NO __________

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Making _____ uses”

thymine

RIBOSE

RNA

A, U, C, or G

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What kind of chemical reaction do you think is used to join nucleotide subunits to make nucleic acids?

____________ ____________dehydration synthesis

http://avery.rutgers.edu/WSSP/StudentScholars/project/archives/onions/orien.html

2 KINDS of NUCLEIC ACIDS

DNA= __________________

Deoxyribonucleic acid

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______________ STRANDED

SUBUNITS:A, T, G, C (No U)

DOUBLE

DNA molecule forms a HELIX

or “twisted ladder”

__________ bonds _________ with

_________ bonds __________ with

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ADENINE THYMINE

CYTOSINE GUANINE

2 KINDS of NUCLEIC ACIDS

RNA= ________________

Ribonucleic acid

_________STRANDED

Subunits:A, U, G, C (NO T)

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SINGLE

DNA

__________________________in cells

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More about this in Chapters 7, 10, 11, 12, and 14

Storesgeneticinformation

RNA_______________________ __________ out ________

Helps with _________________

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More about this in Chapters 7 and 12

CARRIES INFORMATIONfrom DNA to cell

PROTEIN SYNTHESIS