Life: The Science of Biology
Life: The Science of Biology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781319010164
Author: David E. Sadava, David M. Hillis, H. Craig Heller, Sally D. Hacker
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Chapter 4, Problem 2Q
Summary Introduction

To analyze:

The ratio of purine to pyrimidine for the given set of ribonucleic acid (RNA), observation of a pattern, and the relation of this pattern to the RNA structure.

Given:

The composition of RNA is different in different organisms. The composition of RNA bases in some organisms is tabulated in Table 1 below:

Table 1: The composition of RNA bases in some organisms


Organism and the tissue from which RNA is extracted
The composition of RNA base (%)
Adenine Guanine Cytosine Uracil
Rat liver 19.2 28.5 27.5 24.8
Carp muscle 16.4 34.4 31.1 18.1
Yeast 25.1 30.2 20.1 24.6
Rabbit liver 25.1 30.2 20.1 24.6
Cat brain 19.7 26.8 25.8 27.6

Introduction:

The pyrimidines are heterocyclic compounds, which mean that there are more than two types of atoms in its cyclic structure. The pyrimidines contain a single ring system. The purines are also heterocyclic compounds but they contain a double ring system in which an imidazole ring (a five membered ring having nitrogen and hydrogen atoms) is attached to the pyrimidine ring.

The RNA consists of two types of purines that are, adenine (A) and guanine (G), and two types of pyrimidines that are, uracil (U) and cytosine (C). The RNA contains ribose sugar (presence of –OH at second carbon) instead of deoxyribose sugar (presence of –H at second carbon), and uracil is present as a base instead of thymine. Thymine is also called as the 5-methyl-uracil.

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