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What does it mean wheti we say that the two DNA strands in the double helix are antiparallel? What would an end of the double helix look like if the strands were parallel?
To explain: The meaning of the statement “the two strands in the double helix DNA are antiparallel”.
Introduction: DNA is a double-stranded molecule that consists of two strands of nucleotides. The bases in one strand are complementary to the bases on the other strand. During DNA replication, the two strands of parent DNA molecule separate. The parent strands act as templates along which the DNA polymerases add up the complementary base pairs in the context of base-pairing rules.
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A deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecule consists of two polynucleotide chains that associate as a double helix structure. The polarity in the DNA chain is referred to as 5ʹ end and the other as 3ʹ end. One end of DNA consists of a phosphate attached to a 5ʹ deoxyribose carbon (5ʹ end), and the other end has a hydroxyl group that is attached to a 3ʹ deoxyribose carbon (3ʹ end). The nucleotides are linked by phosphodiester bonds through 5ʹ-P of one sugar and 3ʹ-OH group of the next sugar. In a double-stranded DNA, one strand is “complemented” by the other strand. If one DNA strand runs in the 5ʹ→3ʹ direction, its complementary strand would run in the 3ʹ→5ʹ direction. Thus, the two strands are antiparallel to each other.
To determine: The ends of a double helix DNA if the two DNA strands in the double helix were parallel.
Introduction: DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid carries hereditary information from one generation to another. DNA replication is a process that takes place in every biological cell. It involves the coping and producing of two identical copies of a cell from their parent DNA molecule.
Explanation of Solution
If two DNA strands run in parallel directions, they would run in the same direction, that is, they would both run in the 5′→3′ direction. In such a condition, in the same side, an end of the DNA molecule would have two 5′ ends and two 3′ ends.
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