CLASSES OF

NUCLEIC
ACIDS
There are two
types:
Ribonucleic Acid
Deoxyribonuclei
c Acid
Structure of RNA
There are three components of
RNA
 Ribose sugar – simple sugar
with five carbon
 Phosphate group – a
phosporus atom bonded with 4
oxygen atoms
 Nitrogenous bases
Purines
○ Adenine
○ Guanine
Pyrimidines
○ Cytosine
○ Thymine
○ Uracil
RIBOSE
PHOSPHATE
Chemical Structure of
RNA