Nucleic acids are one of the four major bio-molecules in nature. Nuclei acids is divided into two; RNA and DNA.
<h3>Nucleotides</h3>
The building blocks of nucleic acids are Nucleotides which are made by a nitrogenous base which is specific to each nucleotide, a sugar and a phosphate group.
The main nucleotides are;
Adenine
Guanine
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil (RNA)
<h3>DNA </h3>
DNA is a nucleic acid that is responsible for carrying genetic information in living organisms.
It is through DNA that genetic information is passed from one organism to another through the process of DNA replication.
Additionally, it carries the information that is used to make proteins which performs various functions in living cells.
Each Nucleotide in DNA contains a nitrogenous base, a deoxyribose sugar, and a phosphate group.
DNA molecules are made up of nitrogenous bases; Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine.
<h3>RNA</h3>
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a type of nucleic acid, a molecule that plays a major role in the flow of information from the DNA to the proteins. For a gene to be expressed information has to be passed through the RNA.
Each nucleotide in RNA contains a nitrogenous base, a ribose sugar, and a phosphate group.
Nucleotides in RNA includes; Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and uracil. Thymine in DNA is replaced with Uracil.
In a eukaryotic cell, the process of cellular respiration can metabolize one molecule of glucose into 30 to 32 ATP. The process of glycolysis only produces two ATP, while all the rest are produced during the electron transport chain.
