There are two types of nucleic acids
1. Deoxyribonucleic acid
2. Ribonucleic Acid
Nucleic Acid consists with three parts
- A Base
- A monosacharide
- A Phosphate Group
A Base
Two categories of Bases - 1 . purines
2. pyrimidines
Both purines and pyrimidine are in both DNA & RNA
Purines 2 types
Adenine
Guanine
pyrimidines 3 types
Cytosine
Thymine
Uracil
Uracil can only find in RNA
Thymine only can find in DNA
Monosaccharide Sugar Group
In RNA Ribose
In DNA Dioxyribose Sugar group
