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  • Purines found both in DNA and RNA are

    Question: Purines found both in DNA and RNA are

    Options:

    Adenine and thymine
    Adenine and guanine
    Guanine and cytosine
    More than one of the above

    Concept: 
    -DNA and RNA are the polymers of nucleotides.
    -A nucleotide has 3 components: a nitrogenous base ( A, T, G, C), a pentose sugar, and a phosphate group.
    -There is a total of five nucleotides, 2 purines (adenine and guanine) and 3 pyrimidines (cytosine, thymine, and uracil).
    -In both DNA and RNA, purines are the same but pyrimidines are different.
    -In DNA, cytosine and thymine pyrimidines are present while in RNA cytosine and uracil pyrimidines are present

    ✅ Explanation:
    Option 1: Adenine and thymine
    -Adenine is a purine but thymine is a pyrimidine.
    Option 2: Adenine and guanine– CORRECT
    -Adenine and guanine are both purines and we know that purines are the same in both DNA and RNA.
    Option 3:Guanine and cytosine
    -Guanine is a purine but cytosine is a pyrimidine.
    Option 4: Cytosine and thymine

    ✏️Cytosine and thymine pyrimidines are present in DNA not in RNA.🔴Additional Information::

    • Nucleotide:

    • Each nucleotide has the following three components:

    ✏️Sugar:
    -A pentose sugar (five-carbon compound and pentagonal ring structure) is called deoxyribose (C5H10O4) or ribose (C5H10O5).

    ✏️Phosphate group:
    -It is derived from phosphoric acid (H3PO4) and helps to link the nucleotides during strand formation.
    -The phosphate group is attached to the 5th carbon of the sugar molecule by means of a sugar-phosphate bond.

    ✏️Nitrogen bases:
    -These are cyclic compounds that show the presence of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen atoms.
    -The bases are named adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and uracil (U).
    -These are further divided into two groups – Purines and Pyrimidines.
    -Purines are double-ring compounds (5 carbon atoms and 4 nitrogen atoms).
    -Purines include: Adenine (A) and Guanine (G)
    -Pyrimidines are single-ring compounds (4 carbon atoms and 2 nitrogen atoms).
    -Pyrimidines include: Cytosine (C), Thymine (T), and Uracil (U)

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