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    The document discusses four main biomolecules: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. It provides details on nucleic acids, stating they are polymers made of nucleotides linked by phosphodiester bonds, and serve as the physical carrier of genetic information passed from parents to offspring. Nucleotides are the monomers of nucleic acids and consist of a nitrogenous base, a 5-carbon sugar (either deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA), and a phosphate group.

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    The document discusses four main biomolecules: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. It provides details on nucleic acids, stating they are polymers made of nucleotides linked by phosphodiester bonds, and serve as the physical carrier of genetic information passed from parents to offspring. Nucleotides are the monomers of nucleic acids and consist of a nitrogenous base, a 5-carbon sugar (either deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA), and a phosphate group.

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    The document discusses four main biomolecules: carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids. It provides details on nucleic acids, stating they are polymers made of nucleotides linked by phosphodiester bonds, and serve as the physical carrier of genetic information passed from parents to offspring. Nucleotides are the monomers of nucleic acids and consist of a nitrogenous base, a 5-carbon sugar (either deoxyribose in DNA or ribose in RNA), and a phosphate group.

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    Organic

    Compounds
    Discussion 3
    01. 02.
    Carbohydrates Proteins
    Main source of energy Most abundant organic
    compounds

    03. 04.
    Nucleic Acids Lipids
    Storage of genetic information Essential parts of cell
    structures
    Organic
    Compounds

    Biomolecule Polymer Monomer Bond


    Carbohydrates

    Proteins

    Lipids

    Nucleic Acids DNA/RNA nucleotides phosphodiester


    Nucleic Acids
    Nucleic Acids
    ➔ Storage of genetic information which
    is transmitted from one generation to
    the next
    ➔ Physical carrier of inheritance passed
    from parents to offspring
    Nucleic Acids
    ➔ polymer: DNA and RNA
    ➔ monomer: nucleotides
    ➔ bond: phosphodiester by
    condensation
    Nucleotide
    Components

    1. 5-carbon sugar
    2. phosphate group
    3. Nitrogenous base
    Nucleotide
    Components

    ➔ pentose
    ➔ for DNA: deoxyribose
    ➔ for RNA: ribose

    Sugar
    Nucleotide
    Components

    Sugar
    Nucleotide
    Components

    Phosphate
    Nitrogenous base
    Nucleotide
    Components

    1. Purines
    ➔ double-ringed
    ➔ Guanine and Adenine
    Nitrogenous base
    Nucleotide
    Components

    Guanine Adenine
    Nitrogenous base
    Nucleotide
    Components

    2. Pyrimidines
    ➔ single-ringed
    ➔ Cytosine, Thymine, and Uracil
    Nitrogenous base
    Nucleotide
    Components

    Cytosine Thymine Uracil


    Nitrogenous base
    Nucleotide
    Components
    1. DNA: Guanine, Adenine,
    Cytosine, and Thymine

    2. RNA: Guanine, Adenine,


    Cytosine, and Uracil
    Nucleotide
    Components

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