Chapter 21 Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis 21
















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Chapter 21 Nucleic Acids and Protein Synthesis 21. 1 Components of Nucleic Acids General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 1
Nucleic Acids Nucleic acids are § molecules that store information for cellular growth and reproduction § deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) § large molecules consisting of long chains of monomers called nucleotides General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 2
Nucleic Acids (continued) The nucleic acids DNA and RNA are comprised of monomers called nucleotides that consist of a § base with nitrogen § pentose sugar § phosphoryl group General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 3
Bases The bases in DNA and RNA are § pyrimidines C, T, and U § purines A and G General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 4
Bases in DNA and RNA DNA contains the bases § Cytosine (C) § Guanine (G) same in both DNA and RNA § Adenine (A) § Thymine (T) different in DNA and RNA contains the bases § Cytosine (C) § Guanine (G) same in both DNA and RNA § Adenine (A) § Uracil (U) different in DNA and RNA General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 5
Pentose Sugars The pentose (five-carbon) sugar § in RNA is ribose § in DNA is deoxyribose, with no O atom on carbon 2′ § has carbon atoms numbered with primes to distinguish them from the atoms in the bases General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 6
Nucleosides A nucleoside § has a base linked by a glycosidic bond to C 1′ of a sugar (ribose or deoxyribose) § is named by changing the end of the base name to osine for purines and idine for pyrimidines General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 7
Formation of a Nucleoside A nucleoside forms when a sugar combines with a base. General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 8
Nucleotides A nucleotide § has a phosphoryl group attached to the C 5′ —OH group of a nucleoside § is named using the name of the nucleoside followed by -5′-monophosphate General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 9
Formation of a Nucleotide A nucleotide forms when the —OH on C 5′ of a sugar in a nucleoside bonds to hydrogen phosphate. 5′ Phosphate and deoxycytidine General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry 5′ Deoxycytidine monophosphate (d. CMP) Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 10
Nucleotides of Purines General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 11
Nucleotides of Pyrimidines General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 12
Names of Nucleosides and Nucleotides General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 13
AMP, ADP, and ATP § Adding phosphate groups to AMP forms the diphosphate ADP and the triphosphate ATP. General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 14
Learning Check Give the name and abbreviation for the following molecule, and list its base and sugar. General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 15
Solution Give the name and abbreviation for the following molecule, and list its base and sugar. Guanosine-5’-monophosphate (GMP) Base: guanine Sugar: ribose General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry Copyright © 2010 Pearson Education, Inc. 16