Do you know about a biomolecule that is very sweet yet negtive in attitute?
Each biomolecule have characteristic physical and chemical property that will impart a structural and functional uniqueness.
The biomolecule that hold the secrets and message of life is nucleic acids. They are sweetest thing next to sugars (carbohydrate -another biomolecule) yet negative in nature. Let's see why?
They form the fundamental blueprint drafted using a sacred syllabi of A,T,G and C bases. Nucleic acids got this trendy name because of the place of location being nucleus.
Many nucleotides (polynucleotide) are linked together to make up a nucleic acid. Nucleic acids are of two types: Deoxyribose Nucleic Acids (DNA) and Ribose Nucleic Acids (RNA).
Each nucleotide comprises of three components: a base, a sugar, and a phosphate group.
The sugar forms the base on which the phosphate and base get mounted. Phosphate groups render the negative charge and also the acidic nature (that's the reason why there is 'acid' in the name of nucleic acid). The sugar in every nucleic acid is a five-carbon sugar named ribose.
DNA and RNA are each named after the type of ribose sugar they carry.
Thus, DNA and RNA are negative and sweet at the same time- a classic dual personality- structurally!
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