Nucleic Acids
Eva Gamboa and Aniruth Kasthuri
Example of Nucleic Acid
Monomer
Nucleotides:
Consist of three parts:
- 5 - carbon sugar
- phosphate group
- nitrogenous base
Polymers
Nucleic acid is a polymer
Functional Groups Found in Biomolecule
Phosphate Groups
Common Function
In genes as DNA and RNA
How does nucleic acid structure allow for its function?
The nitrogeneous base is the only thing that varies. They can be G, A, T, and C. Another factor is how the monomers combine with each other because the order matters.