Cult of Protein and Nucleic Acids

DNA is a polymer made of:

• Nucleotides
• Ribosomes
• Purines
• Pyrimidines

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

What are the three components of a nucleotide?

• sugar, hydrogen, nitrogen base
• sugar, oxygen, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, nitrogen base
• sugar, phosphate, protein

Name this structure

• double helix
• nucelotide
• twisted ladder
• hydrogen bond

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

Match the bonds with where the are used in a DNA Polymer. Not all are used.

a

b

Covalent Bonds

Peptide Bonds

Hydrogen Bonds

Ionic Bonds

When a protein unfolds, it is

• Denatured
• Building
• Adding amino acids
• Making food

What is a peptide bond?

• Bond that holds two amino acids together.
• A bond that holds hydrogen and oxygen molecules together.
• A bond that holds the phosphate group of one nucleotide and a sugar of a neighboring nucleotide.
• A bond that is formed by the sharing of electrons.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-6

I am arranged as a double helix or "twisted ladder" and have deoxyribose.

• DNA
• RNA

I include the bases Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine and Thymine.

• DNA
• RNA

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

I travel outside of the nucleus.

• DNA
• RNA

All amino acids have the same basic structure. Which part of the amino acid makes each each one unique?

• amino group

• carboxyl group

• R-group (side chain)