NEW 2025 EXAM - IB Biology A1.2 - Nucleic Acids [AHL] - Interactive Lecture
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Nucleic acid molecules like DNA and RNA have specific orientations crucial for building accurately, with distinct ends affecting nucleotide attachment. Eukaryotic DNA is structured into nucleosomes, confirmed as genetic material in the 1950s through experiments by Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase.
Insights
- The distinct orientation of nucleotides in DNA and RNA, with phosphate linked to sugar in a repeating pattern, is crucial for accurate molecule construction.
- Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase's experiment in the 1950s confirmed DNA as genetic material, disproving the tetranucleotide hypothesis and establishing DNA's structure based on base pairing rules.
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Recent questions
What is the difference between DNA and RNA?
DNA is double-stranded, RNA is single-stranded.
How are nucleotides arranged in DNA and RNA?
Nucleotides are arranged in a repeating pattern.
What is the significance of nucleosomes in DNA structure?
Nucleosomes consist of histone proteins around which DNA wraps.
How was DNA confirmed as genetic material in the 1950s?
DNA was confirmed through an experiment by Hershey and Chase.
What are the distinct ends of DNA and RNA?
DNA has five Prime Terminal and three Prime Terminal ends.
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Summary
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"DNA and RNA Structure and Function"
- Nucleic acid molecules like DNA and RNA have a specific orientation of nucleotides, with phosphate linked to sugar in a repeating pattern, crucial for predictably building these molecules accurately.
- DNA and RNA have distinct ends - the five Prime Terminal end with an open phosphate group near the fifth carbon and the three Prime Terminal end with an open sugar near the third carbon, influencing nucleotide attachment and molecule building.
- RNA is single-stranded, DNA is double-stranded, with nitrogen bases linking DNA strands - purines (adenine, guanine) with two rings and perimedes (cytosine, thyine) with one ring, bonding in a purine-perimidine pattern for stability.
- Eukaryotic DNA is structured into nucleosomes, each consisting of eight histone proteins around which DNA wraps, supported by H1 histone, with linker DNA between nucleosomes for neat chromosome packing.
- In the 1950s, DNA was confirmed as genetic material through an experiment by Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase, using radioactive elements to differentiate DNA from proteins, ultimately disproving the tetranucleotide hypothesis and establishing DNA's structure based on base pairing rules.
