The building blocks or monomers of nucleic acid molecules are called _____. See concept 5.5 (page 84) view available hint(s) the
building blocks or monomers of nucleic acid molecules are called _____. See concept 5.5 (page 84) pyrimidines and purines nucleotides fatty acids polysaccharides dna and rna
-Nucleic acids are polynucleotides, that is, long chainlike molecules composed of a series of nearly identical building blocks called nucleotides. Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogen-containing aromatic base attached to a pentose (five-carbon) sugar, which is in turn attached to a phosphate group.
-A sugar-phosphate backbone joins together nucleotides in a DNA sequence. The sugar-phosphate backbone forms the structural framework of nucleic acids, including DNA and RNA. This backbone is composed of alternating sugar and phosphate groups, and defines directionality of the molecule.
