Is the sugar in the nucleotide deoxytibose or ribose? How do you know?

Q: How many chiral centers are there in the open-chain form of glucose? In the cyclic form?

A: Chiral carbons are asymmetric carbon atoms that are attached to four different atoms. Each chiral…

Q: How many of the amino acid N are there in this structure?

A: Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic. It is used for treating skin infections, right-sided…

Q: Based on the following titration table of Glycine, would you be able to recreate the same for…

A: Given,  Data for glycine pH pKa-COOH =2.3 pKa-NH3 = 9.6 CN ∆Eq 0 0 +1 +1 0 2.3 -0.5 +1 +0.5…

Q: What sugar is produced by the epimerization of galactose?

A: Sugars are defined as the sweet-tasting compounds that are present in various food sources such as…

Q: Is the nitrogenous base a pyrMirine or purine? How did you know

A: The DNA and RNA are composed of nucleotides. It is the basic unit of the genetic material of an…

Q: What is the difference between a deoxynucleotide triphosphate (dNTP) and a dideoxynucleotide…

A: dNTPs are also called deoxyribonucleotide triphosphate. Each dNTPs are made up of a phosphate group,…

Q: How does the cyclization of sugars introduce a new chiral center?

A: Chiral carbon was an asymmetric carbon atom that is attached to four different types of atoms. these…

Q: What are the components of mononucleotide?

A: Nucleotide is the basic unit of DNA or RNA (genetic material). Polymer of nucleotides linked by…

Q: Identify the base and monosaccharide used to form the following nucleosides, and then assign names.

A: A nucleoside consists of nucleobase and a five carbon sugar while a nucleotide consists of…

Q: Is sucrose a reducing or non-reducing sugar? Explain.   Is lactose a reducing non reducing sugar?…

A: REDUCING SUGAR: A sugar molecule which can undergo chemical reactions like oxidation by acting as a…

Q: What are the structural differences between (a) purines and pyrimidines, and (b) ribose and…

A: a) Structural differences: [purines & pyrimidines]         The purines structure comprises of…

Q: Explain What are the four Deoxynucleotides?

A: Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acid and they are ubiquitous molecules.…

Q: What is the difference between a heteroglycan and ahomoglycan? Give examples.

A: glycan means a polysaccharides

Q: Why are gyrase and helicase required?

A: DNA replication is the process by which a double stranded DNA molecule is copied to produce two DNA…

Q: What are oligonucleotides?

A: Oligonucleotide are short ,single strands of synthetic DNA or RNA that serve as the starting point…

Q: How can you predict mutations in components of galactose?

A: Galactosemia is a condition that means  excess galactose in the blool. Babies with this metabolic…

Q: What components make up a nucleotide?

A: Introduction : Nucleotides: A Nucleoside And A Phosphate Make Up Nucleotides, Which Are Organic…

Q: What is 5-methylcytosine ?

A: Answer:Introduction:5-methylcytosine take from a cytosine. 5-Methylcytosine is a methylated…

Q: Does the oxygen in the newly made ester bond come from the phosphate or from the sugar?

A: Step 1 Esters are a functional group which is characterized by a carbon bound to three other atoms:…

Q: How is the other major pyrimidine ribonucleotide, cytidine, formed?

A: The pathways for the biosynthesis of nucleotides fall into two classes: de novo pathways and salvage…

Q: Give the correct name for the tripeptide

A: An amino acid is an organic compound containing two functional groups namely carboxyl and amino…

Q: What is the pI for histadine?

A: The pI (isoelectric point) is also known as the isoionic point. It is that pH (potential of…

Q: what is the pI for lysine?

A: PI is the isoelectric point of the amino acid where it is the pH of the molecule where the net…

Q: What are pyrimidine dimers ?

A: Nucleic acids are macromolecules comprised of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and phosphorus.…

Q: What is a nucleotide? If you hydrolize nucleotide, what will you obtain?

A: Nucleotides joined together via phosphodiester bonds make the nucleic acids. Nucleic acids are of…

Q: How are the deoxyribonucleotides formed?

A: A nucleotide that contains deoxyribose is called a deoxyribonucleotide. They are monomeric units of…

Q: What is the source of the methyl group in thymidine?

A: Thymidine (also known to define that they are been stated to describe as the  deoxythymidine,…

Q: Is oligonucleotide a protein?

A: The nucleotide is a building block of nucleic acids that is DNA and RNA. The base, phosphoric acid,…

Q: Which of the following is an anomer of a-D-galactopyranose?

A: Anomers are cyclic stereoisomer , for example the C-1 of sugar molecule become chiral carbon and has…

Q: What is the significance of  Deoxyribonucleotide?

A: Deoxyribonucleotide refers to a type of nucleotide that contains the deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate…

Q: What is the name of the nucleoside (the base and sugar complex) shown? NH HO-CH; H OH. H OH O…

A: Nucleoside These are the structural subunit of nucleic acid such as DNA and RNA. Nucleoside is…

Q: Name the bases in the pentanucleotide with the sequence G-A-U-C-A. Does this come from RNA or DNA?…

A: The nucleic acids Deoxyribose sugar (DNA) and Ribose sugar (RNA) are nucleotides that are made up of…

Q: Which amino acid derives its nitrogen from a purine ring?

A: Biomolecules are organic molecules made up of mainly carbon and hydrogen, but other elements are…

Q: What kind of repeating polynucleotide would yield a single polypeptide with a tetrapeptide repeating…

A: Polynucleotide is a sequence of nucleotides. Nucleotides consist of a sugar molecule, a phosphate…

Q: What is the significance of the pentose monophosphate shunt to synthesis of nucleotides?

A: We’ll answer the first question since the exact one wasn’t specified. Please submit a new question…

Q: What is the pI for histidine?

A: Histidine is an essential amino acid that cannot be synthesized by the body and needs to be…

Q: From the sequence D-I-LI-G-A-F, how many amino acids are aromatic?

A: Amino acids : There are hundreds of amino acids present in the living organisms. Amino acids are…

Q: What are the three parts of a nucleotide

A: Nucleotides are the building blocks of nucleic acids, viz. Deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) and Ribose…

Q: What is the structural relationship between L-glucose and D-glucose?

A: Stereoisomers are the isomers that have the same chemical formula but differ in their orientation.…

Q: What is the difference between a nucleoside triphosphate and a trinucleotide?

A: Nucleotides are the monomers of nucleic acids, DNA and RNA. A nucleotide is composed of a…

Q: What are oligonucleotides used for?

A: Oligonucleotides are short nucleic acid polymers, which is composed of 13-25 nucleotides. They are…

Q: What is the structural difference between the pentose sugars in DNA and RNA?

A: Pentose sugar is a five carbon molecule numbered as 1', 2', 3', 4' and 5'. When the functional…

Q: What tetrapeptide is synthesized from the informational DNA sequence G-T-C-A-G-T-A-C-G-T-T-A?

A: To manufacture protein molecules, a cell must first transfer information from DNA to mRNA through…

Q: what is an allosteric site?

A: Enzyme is a catalyst that helps in accelerating chemical reactions. To undergo chemical reaction,…

Q: Which is the stable conformation of ribose sugar, Fischer or furanose ring? Why?

A: Fischer projection is a two-dimensional structure of a saccharide which was in the form of an…