Nucleotides
Nitrogenous
Base
Purines Pyrimidines
Pentose
Sugar
Ribose
Deoxy
Ribose
Phosphate
group
Purines
• Adenine(A)
• Guanine(G)
• Hypoxanthine
• Xanthine
Pyrimidines
• Cytosine(C)
• Uracil(U)
• Thymine(T)
Sugar
• Ribose
• Deoxyribose
THIAMINE..??
Hypoxanthine
(6-Oxypurine)
Xanthine
(2,6-Dioxypurine)
Uric acid
(2,6,8-Trioxypurine)
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ADENINE
RIBOSE
ADENOSINE
O
||
HO — O — OH
|
OH
Phosphoric acid
•
N
N N
NH2
|
N
H
CH — O — P — OH2
|
OH
OH
H
OH
HH
Adenosine -5’-monophosphate
O
||
O
N
N
NH2
|
Adenosine
Adenine (Base)
Phosphoric
acid
Ribose(Sugar)
Nucleotide Abbreviation
Adenosine monophosphate
Guanosine monophosphate
Cytidine monophosphate
Uridine monophosphate
AMP
GMP
CMP
UMP
Nucleotide Abbreviation
Deoxyadenosine monophosphate
Deoxyguanosine monophosphate
Deoxycytidine monophosphate
Deoxythymidine monophosphate
dAMP
dGMP
dCMP
dTMP
ADENINE
RIBOSE
Nucleotide Function
Adenoside triphosphate(ATP) Chemical energy of Cell
Adenosine diphosphate(ADP) Oxidative Phosphorylation
Cyclic AMP(c-AMP) Secondary messenger
S-Adenosyl Methionine Methyl donor
Nucleotide Function
Guanosine diphosphate(GDP) Substrate level
phosphorylation(SLP)
Guanosine triphosphate(GTP) SLP and energy source
Cyclic GMP Secondary messenger(NO,NG)
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DNA
• Deoxyribose
• Double stranded
• A,T,G,C
• Nuclear
• Follows Chargaff’s
rule
RNA
• Ribose
• Single stranded
• A,U,G,C
• Extranuclear
• Doesn’t follow
• Polymer of deoxyribonucleotides
• Double stranded right handed
helix
• 2nm , 34 nm, 10
• A=T , C≡G
• Antiparallel
• Complementry
• Chargaff’s rule
• Sense strand [coding strand],
Template strand(Anti sense
strand)
DNA
• Deoxyribose
• Double stranded
• A,T,G,C
• Nuclear
• Follows Chargaff’s
rule
RNA
• Ribose
• Single stranded
• A,U,G,C
• Extranuclear
• Doesn’t follow
5’ A T G C A T G 3’ Coding Strand (DNA)
3’ T A C G T A C 5’ Template strand (DNA)
5’ AU G C A U G 3’ mRNA
Ribosome
60S
40S
mRNA
Mutation
Point
Mutation
Silent Missense
Acceptable
Partially
acceptable
Unacceptable
Nonsense
Frame shift
Deletion Insertion
-C-G- -G -C-G- -G-
-G-C- -C -G-C- -C-
-C-G- -G -C-G- -G-
-G-C- -C -G-C- -C-
Transition
Transversion
Missense
mutation
Nonsense
mutation
Silent
mutation
-C-G- -G -C-G-A- -G-
-G-C- -C -G-C-T- -C-
-C-G- -G -C-G-G-
-G-C- -C -G-C-C-
Insertion
Deletion

Nucleic acid chemistry