Biochemistry - Nucleic Acids

Exercise : Nucleic Acids - Section 1
  • Nucleic Acids - Section 1
11.
A five carbon sugar lacking a hydrogen at the number 2 carbon is found in
DNA
RNA
mRNA
rDNA
Answer: Option
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12.
The unfavourable free energy associated with not satisfying a hydrogen bond after formation of the double helix is approximately
10 kJ/mol
20 kJ/mol
25 kJ/mol
30 kJ/mol
Answer: Option
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13.
The most stabilizing force for nucleic acids is
hydrogen bonds
electrostatic bond
Van der Waals
conformational entropy
Answer: Option
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14.
A purine with an amine (NH2) group on the 6th carbon is
adenine
cytosine
thymine
guanine
Answer: Option
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15.
Which of the following is found on RNA but not DNA?
Uracil
Deoxyribose
Phosphate
Adenine
Answer: Option
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