GUARIN, VAUGHN ROMEO GEN BIO 2NDQ MODULE 2

GRADE 11-SID MISS MIAN PATALINGHUG

DNA VS. RNA

DNA RNA
FUNCTION: FUNCTION:
DNA replicates and stores genetic information. It is RNA converts the genetic information contained
a blueprint for all genetic information contained SIMILARILITES within DNA to a format used to build proteins, and
within an organism. then moves it to ribosomal protein factories.

SUGAR: both are perhaps the most important

SUGAR:
molecules in cell biology,
The sugar in DNA is deoxyribose, which contains one responsible for the storage and
RNA contains ribose sugar molecules, without the
reading of genetic information that
less hydroxyl group than RNA’s ribose underpins all life hydroxyl modifications of deoxyribose.

They are both linear polymers,

consisting of sugars, phosphates and STRAND:

STRAND

bases.
DNA consists of two strands, arranged in a double helix. Both DNA and RNA store genetic RNA only has one strand,
but like DNA, is made up of
information.
These strands are made up of subunits called nucleotides. DNA and RNA are both large nucleotides. RNA strands are shorter than DNA strands.
Each nucleotide contains a phosphate, a 5-carbon sugar biological polymers. RNA sometimes forms a secondary double helix structure,
Both DNA and RNA consists of sugar,
molecule and a nitrogenous base. nitrogenous bases, and a phosphate but only intermittently.
backbone.

On both molecules, guanine and

nitrogenous bases:

cytosine pair with each other (are

nitrogenous bases:
adenine (A) complementary). adenine (A)

guanine (G)
guanine (G)

thymine (T)
uracil (U)
cytosine (C) cytosine (C)