Nucleic acid wall by Oszaria Guy https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e Made with magic en-us 2019-10-17 16:16:37 UTC 2019-10-18 16:02:25 UTC hello@padlet.com 1. What elements are found in Nucleic acid oguy3 https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399127186 Five of the elements that you can find in nucleic acid are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorous. 
  • Carbon atoms appear in the sugar of the nucleic acid backbone, and the nitrogenous bases.
  • Oxygen atoms appear in the nitrogenous bases, sugar, and phosphates. 
  • Hydrogen atoms lie attached to carbon and oxygen atoms in the sugar and nitrogenous bases of nucleic acids.
  • The nitrogen containing bases of nucleic acids appear as pyrimidines and purines. **Pyrimidines are single-ring structures with nitrogen located at the first and third positions of the ring. Purines have a double-ring structure, in which a pyrimidine ring joins to a second ring at the fourth and fifth carbon atoms. 
  • A phosphate group is attached to each sugar and composed of phosphorous and oxygen. This phosphate allows the sugar molecules of different nucleus to be linked together in a polymer chain.


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]]> 2019-10-17 16:22:34 UTC https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399127186 2. Functions of nucleic acid oguy3 https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399127715  
Nucleic acids are the carriers of information in organisms. The acids are responsible for the storage of genetic information. They regulate the passed down traits in every living thing. Nucleic acids also help during the process of protein synthesis in which cells generate new proteins.
]]> 2019-10-17 16:23:14 UTC https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399127715 3. What do the monomers look like oguy3 https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399128032 2019-10-17 16:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399128032 4. What does the polymer look like oguy3 https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399128494 2019-10-17 16:24:16 UTC https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399128494 5. What foods are high in the level nucleic acid? oguy3 https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399128768 All living organisms contain DNA which is nucleic acid so when any type of fruit, vegetable, or animal is consumed then the DNA from the food is consumed as well. The food  that contains the most nucleic acid are plants such as cereals and pulses in which  show a high consistency  of RNA content but also vegetables such as spinach, leek, broccoli, Chinese cabbage and cauliflower , along with mushrooms!]]> 2019-10-17 16:24:40 UTC https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399128768 6. What happens to your health if you do not get enough nucleic acid? oguy3 https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399129221 If you don't get enough Nucleic acids which include deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, and ribonucleic acid, or RNA, you wouldn't be able to pass along your genetic information to your offspring.]]> 2019-10-17 16:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399129221 7. How can knowledge about nucleic acid affect our health and nutrition? oguy3 https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399129623 Knowledge about nucleic acids, RNA and DNA, can affect our health in a beneficial way because can use the information based off of a parents DNA  to predict if the offspring might get something bad such as a disease or get one of the parents allergies that they may pass down to them through a gene. It affects our nutrition because RNA uses the information contained in the genes to release it making proteins. And protein does many things for our nutrition such as making enzymes, and is a important building block of things in our body such as bones, skin and blood. ]]> 2019-10-17 16:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/oguy3/zhkf8zn6xj3e/wish/399129623