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Summary Ch 2 Nucleic acids notes A* AQA A Level Biology

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A set of thorough and concise notes created and used by an A* grade student to revise Nucleic acids (ch 2 from the A Level AQA Biology course). The notes are detailed and clearly explain the topic by breaking each process down into steps. It includes clear and detailed diagrams and includes all con...

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2.1 Structure of RNA
and DNA

,Nucleotide structure
• 3 main components:
• Pentose sugar
• Phosphate group
• Organic bases (A, C, T, G, U)
• They form during condensation reactions
• Nucleotides join into dinucleotides via condensation also, making a
phosphodiester bond between a phosphate and a pentose sugar
• These are linked into polynucleotide chains e.g. RNA and DNA

, RNA structure
• Single polynucleotide chain [short]
• Sugar is ribose
• Bases are adenine & uracil, and cytosine &
guanine

• 3 types:
• 1 transfers genetic info from DNA to
ribosomes
• 2 makes up ribosomes along with proteins
• 3 is in protein synthesis

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