Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (8th Edition)
Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (8th Edition)
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Author: John McMurray, David S. Ballantine, Carl A. Hoeger, Virginia E. Peterson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 26, Problem 26.43AP
Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Intermolecular attraction that holds the DNA double helix together has to be interpreted.

Concept Introduction:

Composition of nucleic acid: Nucleic acid is a polymer of nucleotides. Each nucleotide has three parts: a sugar, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group. Two nucleotides are joined by phosphate diester linkage where a free phosphate on 5’ carbon of one nucleotide and a free –OH group on 3’ carbon of another nucleotide.

Nitrogenous bases: Five types of nitrogenous bases (has unique one-letter code A, G, T, U, and C) are derived from two parent compounds called purine and pyrimidine. The purine derivatives are Adenine and Guanine, which are two fused nitrogen containing rings. The pyrimidine derivatives are Thymine, Cytosine, and Uracil, which are nitrogen-containing six-membered ring.

Base pairing in DNA: The two strands of the DNA double helix run in the opposite directions- one in 5’ to 3’ direction and other from 3’ to 5’ direction. The hydrogen bonding between two strands enhances the stability of the DNA; where the alignment of hydrophobic nitrogenous bases in the interior and hydrophilic phosphate and sugar groups on the exterior also enhance the stability. Adenine and thymine gives a pair forming two hydrogen bonds and cytosine and guanine gives rise to another pair forming three hydrogen bonds.

Hydrogen bonding: The electrostatic attraction exists between high electronegative atom and hydrogen atom.

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Fundamentals of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Books a la Carte Plus Mastering Chemistry with Pearson eText -- Access Card Package (8th Edition)

Ch. 26.4 - Prob. 26.11KCPCh. 26.6 - What are Okazaki fragments? What role do they...Ch. 26.6 - Prob. 26.13PCh. 26.8 - Prob. 26.14PCh. 26.8 - Prob. 26.15PCh. 26.9 - Prob. 26.1CIAPCh. 26.9 - Prob. 26.2CIAPCh. 26.9 - Using a variety of sources, research which...Ch. 26.9 - Prob. 26.4CIAPCh. 26.9 - List possible codon sequences for the following...Ch. 26.9 - Prob. 26.17PCh. 26.9 - What amino acids do the following sequences code...Ch. 26.9 - Prob. 26.19PCh. 26.10 - Prob. 26.20PCh. 26.10 - What anticodon sequences of tRNAs match the mRNA...Ch. 26 - Combine the following structures to create a...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.23UKCCh. 26 - Copy the following simplified drawing of a DNA...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.25UKCCh. 26 - Prob. 26.26UKCCh. 26 - Prob. 26.27APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.28APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.29APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.30APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.31APCh. 26 - For the following molecule: (a) Label the three...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.33APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.34APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.35APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.36APCh. 26 - Draw structures to show how the sugar and...Ch. 26 - What is the difference between the 3 end and the 5...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.39APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.40APCh. 26 - Draw the complete structure of the RNA...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.42APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.43APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.44APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.45APCh. 26 - If a double-stranded DNA molecule is 22% G, what...Ch. 26 - How are replication, transcription, and...Ch. 26 - Why is more than one replication fork needed when...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.49APCh. 26 - What are the three main kinds of RNA, and what are...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.51APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.52APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.53APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.54APCh. 26 - What is a codon and on what kind of nucleic acid...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.56APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.57APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.58APCh. 26 - What amino acids are specified by the following...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.60APCh. 26 - What anticodon sequences are complementary to the...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.62APCh. 26 - Refer to Problem 26.62. What sequence appears on...Ch. 26 - Refer to Problems 26.62 and 26.63. What dipeptide...Ch. 26 - Prob. 26.65APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.66APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.67APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.68APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.69APCh. 26 - Prob. 26.70CPCh. 26 - Prob. 26.71CPCh. 26 - Prob. 26.73CPCh. 26 - Prob. 26.75GPCh. 26 - Prob. 26.76GPCh. 26 - Prob. 26.77GPCh. 26 - Prob. 26.78GP
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