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CHAPTER8Nucleotidesand

NucleicAcids

8.1SomeBasics

8.2NucleicAcidStructure

8.3NucleicAcidChemistry

8.4OtherFunctionsofNucleotides

Self-studytoolsthatwillhelpyoupracticewhatyou’velearnedandreinforcethis

chapter’sconceptsareavailableonline.Goto

/LehningerBiochemistry7e.

ucleotideshaveavarietyofrolesincellularmetabolism.Theyarethe

energycurrencyinmetabolictransactions,theessentialchemicallinks

N

intheresponseofcellstohormonesandotherextracellularstimuli,

andthestructuralcomponentsofanarrayofenzymecofactorsandmetabolic

intermediates.And,lastbutcertainlynotleast,theyaretheconstituentsof

nucleicacids:deoxyribonucleicacid(DNA)andribonucleicacid(RNA),

themolecularrepositoriesofgeneticinformation.Thestructureofevery

protein,andultimatelyofeverybiomoleculeandcellularcomponent,isa

productofinformationprogrammedintothenucleotidesequenceofcellular

(orviral)nucleicacids.Theabilitytostoreandtransmitgeneticinformation

fromonegenerationtothenextisafundamentalconditionforlife.

Thischapterprovidesanoverviewofthechemicalnatureofthe

nucleotidesandnucleicacidsfoundinmostcells;amoredetailed

examinationofthefunctionofnucleicacidsisthefocusofPartIIIofthis

text.

8.1SomeBasics

Theaminoacidsequenceofeveryproteininacell,andthenucleotide

sequenceofeveryRNA,isspecifiedbyanucleotidesequenceinthecell’s

DNA.AsegmentofaDNAmoleculethatcontainstheinformationrequired

forthesynthesisofafunctionalbiologicalproduct,whetherproteinorRNA,

isreferredtoasagene.Acelltypicallyhasmanythousandsofgenes,and

DNAmolecules,notsurprising

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