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Exploring Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids: Functions and Structures

Delve into the essential aspects of nucleotides and nucleic acids, including their characteristic bases, pentoses, and phosphodiester bonds. Discover how nucleic acids store and transmit genetic information across generations, serving vital roles in energy metabolism, signal transduction, and protein synthesis. Uncover the functions of nucleotides as energy sources, enzyme cofactors, and components of genetic information processing. Learn about the components of nucleic acids and the chemical instability of RNA at alkaline pH levels. Explore the impact of nucleotide bases on the three-dimensional structure of nucleic acids and their UV light absorption properties.

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Exploring Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids: Functions and Structures

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  1. Ch 8 Nucleotides and Nucleic acid Parmar Krupal

  2. Learning objectives • Basic Structure and Functions of Nucleic acid. • Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids Have Characteristic Bases and Pentoses. • Phosphodiester Bonds Link Successive Nucleotides in Nucleic Acids. • The Properties of Nucleotide Bases Affect the Three-Dimensional Structure of Nucleic Acids.

  3. Nucleic acid • Nucleic acid is a polymer of nucleotides. • Nucleic acid store and transmit genetic information that is transferred form one generation to the next.

  4. Functions • Nucleic acid Functions :- • Storage of genetic info (DNA) • They are the energy currency in metabolic transactions. • The essential chemical links in the cells that is response to hormones and other extracellular stimuli. • The structural components of an array of enzyme cofactors and metabolic intermediates. • Transmission of genetic info (mRNA) • Processing of genetic information (ribozymes) • Protein synthesis (tRNA and rRNA) • Nucleotide Functions: • Energy for metabolism (ATP, GTP, CTP, UTP) • Enzyme cofactors (NAD+, NADP+, FAD) • Signal transduction (cAMP, cGMP)

  5. Component of Nucleic acid Sugar Phosphate backbone Phosphate Sugar Phosphate Sugar Phosphate Sugar Pentose(5c) D-Ribose 2’ Deoxy-D-ribose Nitrogenous Base DNA- A,G,T,C RNA- A,G,U,C Adenine Guanine Thymine Cytosine Uracil

  6. Nucleotides and Nucleosides • Nucleotide • Nitrogeneous base • Pentose sugar • Phosphate group • Nucleoside • Nitrogeneous base • Pentose • Nucleobase • Nitrogeneous base

  7. 6 amino purine 2-amino, 6 keto purine 2,4 keto pyrimidine 2-keto, 4 amino pyrimidine

  8. All nucleotides are shown in their free form at pH 7.0. The nucleotide units of DNA (a) are usually symbolized as A, G, T, and C, sometimes as dA, dG, dT, and dC. as A, G, U, and C. In their free form the deoxyribonucleotides are commonly abbreviated dAMP, dGMP, dTMP, and dCMP.

  9. the ribonucleotides, AMP, GMP, UMP, and CMP. For each nucleotide, the more common name is followed by the complete name in parentheses. All abbreviations assume that the phosphate group is at the 5 position. The nucleoside portion of each molecule is shaded in pink. In this and the following illustrations, the ring carbons are not shown.

  10. Cells also contain nucleotides with phosphate groups in positions other than on the 5’ carbon Ribonucleoside 2,3-cyclic monophosphatesare isolatable intermediates, and ribonucleoside 3-monophosphates are end products of the hydrolysis of RNA by certain ribonucleases. Other variations are adenosine 3,5-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) and guanosine 3,5-cyclic monophosphate (cGMP).

  11. Modified Nucleotides

  12. (Po4-)Free Phosphate group First Added Written as 5’ BBBBBB 3’ 5’ ATGCGC 3’ 43 = 64 possiblities 4 Bases and 3 Nt. polymer Last Added Free OH group The backbones of both DNA and RNA are hydrophilic. The hydroxyl groups of the sugar residues form hydrogen bonds with water. The phosphate groups, with a pKa near 0, are completely ionized and negatively charged at pH 7, and the negative charges are generally neutralized by ionic interactions with positive charges on proteins, metal ions, and polyamines.

  13. Chemical Instability of RNA at Alkaline pH’s

  14. The nucleotide sequences of nucleic acids can be represented schematically, as illustrated below by a segment of DNA with five nucleotide units. • The phosphate groups are symbolized by P. • Each deoxyribose is symbolized by a vertical line, from C-1 at the top to C-5 at the bottom (but keep in mind that the sugar is always in its closed-ring -furanose form in nucleic acids). • The connecting lines between nucleotides (which pass through P) are drawn diagonally from the middle (C-3) of the deoxyribose of one nucleotide to the bottom (C-5) of the next. Some simpler representations of this pentadeoxyribonucleotide are pA-C-G-T-AOH, pApCpGpTpA, and pACGTA.

  15. The Properties of Nucleotide Bases Affect the Three- Dimensional Structure of Nucleic Acids Free pyrimidine and purine bases may exist in two or more tautomeric forms depending on the pH.

  16. UV Spectrum All nucleotide bases absorb UV light, and nucleic acids are characterized by a strong absorption at wavelengths near 260 nm.

  17. Double stranded DNA on the 2 Pound Coin

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