5. a) What is the relationship between the nucleotides, nucleic acids, and DNA?

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5. a) What is the relationship between the nucleotides, nucleic acids, and DNA? (1 points) HINT Think about what DNA and nucleic acids are made from b) How do nucleotides provide nucleic acids with specific codes? (1 point) HINT: Think about the structure of nucleotides and ne dnorent types of bases found in them 6, a) How does the structure of fatty acids compare to the basic units found in other macromolecules? Describe one example. (1 points) HINT: Think about the structure of fatty acids as compared to the long chains found in other b) Why are fatty acids important to the cell membrane? (1 point HONT Think about how faxtty acials and water do not mix. Also think about the structure of unsaturated fatty acids in the celd membrane. c) Explain how the structure of saturated fats poses a danger to your health. (1 point) HINT: Think about the shape of the saturated fats and how rigid they are when moving through the

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a) In a simple way, the relationship between the nucleotide, nucleic acid and DNA is as follows.

The group or polymer of nucleotides is called nucleic acids.

The group or polymers nucleic acid leads to formation DNA.

So the backbones and building blocks for DNA are nucleotides.

The nucleotide contains three parts sugar molecule, phosphate, and nitrogenous bases. The combination of sugar and the nitrogenous base is called nucleoside.

b) The nucleic acids are DNA and RNA. These are developed from polymers of nucleotides. The specific sequence of nucleotides in triplet form called codons. The specific sequence of nucleotide triplet indicates amino acids.

The nucleotide consist of three parts

i. nitrogenous bases

ii. Sugar moiety

iii. Phosphate.

The nitrogenous bases are four Adenine (A), Guanine (G) Thymine(T), and Cytosine(C).

These molecules involved in the formation of different codons like AAG, AGC, AGA etc.

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