Ch. 3-6
Nucleic Acids

	Very large complex organic molecules
	Store genetic/hereditary information
		DNA
			Deoxyribose nucleic acid
		RNA
			Ribo nucleic acid
Nucleotide
	Monomer of nucleic acids
		Phosphate group
			PO4
			Attached to 5th carbon of sugar
			Negative charge
		Five carbon sugar
			Aka pentose
			In DNA
				Deoxyribose
					Deoxy- one less oxygen than in ribose
			In RNA
				Ribose
		Ring-shaped Nitrogen Base
			Attached to 1st carbon in sugar
			Purines
				Double carbon rings
				Adenine (A)
				Guanine (G)
			Pyrimidines
				Single carbon rings
				Thymine (T)
					Found only in DNA
				Cytosine (C)
				Uracil (U)
					Found only in RNA
			Base-pair rule
				A+T (only in DNA)
				A+U (only in RNA)
				C+G (both DNA and RNA)
ATP
	Adenosine triphosphate
	Energy molecule
	Structure
		RNA adenine nucleotide
			2 extra phosphates bonded with a high energy bond(~)
		3 phosphates
		1 Ribose
		1 Adenine
ADP
	Adenosine diphosphate
		RNA nucleotide
			1 extra phosphate bonded with a high energy bond(~)
		2 phosphates
		Ribose
		Adenine
AMP
	Adenosine Monophosphate
		RNA nucleotide
AMP ~ P ~ P = ADP ~ P = ATP
Energy cycle
	ATP <--> ADP + P + energy







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