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Discuss the biological importance of each of the following organic compounds in relation to cellular structure and function in plants and animals. The two main types of nucleic acids are deoxyribonucleic acid dna and ribonucleic acid rna. This chain forms the primary structure of the protein. This ap assignment is due monday, august 27, 2012 to your ap teacher regardless of which semester you are assigned this class.
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Feb, 2012 biological molecules you are what you eat. Molecule of heredity, d ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid. Nucleic acids and proteins lecture slides are screencaptured images of important points in the lecture. Nucleic acids consist of a sugar pentose, nitrogenous bases purines and pyrimidines, and phosphoric acid. Paul andersen explains the importance and structure of nucleic acids. A nucleic acid molecule is a linear polymer in which nucleotides are linked together by means of phosphodiester bridges or bonds. The structure, function and reactions of nucleic acids are central to molecular biology and are crucial for the understanding of complex biological processes. Get the full kaplan ap biology book from amazon here. Free practice questions for ap biology understanding nucleic acids. In nucleic acids, which bases are purines and which ones are pyrimidines. Drop us a note and let us know which textbooks you need. As youve learned, biological macromolecules are large molecules, necessary for life, that are built from smaller organic molecules.
Different amino acids have different side chains and interactions between these can make the primary structure fold into either an alpha helix or a betapleated sheet. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the increasing efforts to determine the dna sequence of the human genome and the development of new diagnostics of genetic disease. Since the discovery of the dna double helix in 1953, nucleic acids have formed the central theme of much of contemporary molecular science. The ap exam requires you to know the general structure of a nucleotide, the names of the nucleotides, which are purines or pyrimidines, and the differences between dna and rna. They carry the genetic blueprint of a cell and carry instructions for the functioning of the cell.