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COMPARE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF DNA AND RNA

DNA is the hereditary material with a double helix structure, consisting of two strands and containing the bases adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. RNA is a single-stranded molecule that converts DNA's genetic information into a format for protein synthesis, using adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil. Both DNA and RNA are essential for life, with DNA serving as the blueprint and RNA facilitating the production of proteins.

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COMPARE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF DNA AND RNA

DNA is the hereditary material with a double helix structure, consisting of two strands and containing the bases adenine, thymine, guanine, and cytosine. RNA is a single-stranded molecule that converts DNA's genetic information into a format for protein synthesis, using adenine, guanine, cytosine, and uracil. Both DNA and RNA are essential for life, with DNA serving as the blueprint and RNA facilitating the production of proteins.

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COMPARE THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF DNA AND RNA

By: EDNARD TAN DIONEDA

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the hereditary material of living organisms. It was first
identified and isolated by Friedrich Miescher while the double helix structure of DNA was first
discovered by James Watson and Francis Crick. DNA is a polymer made of units called
nucleotides (hence the name polynucleotide).
Nucleic acids are composed of long chains of nucleotides linked by dehydration
synthesis. There are two types of nucleic acids: Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA-double helix) and
Ribonucleic acid (RNA-single strand) each containing a five- carbon sugar backbone, a
phosphate group and a nitrogenous bases: adenine, thymine (DNA only), uracil (RNA only),
cytosine and guanine. Functions of the DNA include: energy carriers: ATP, GTP, cellular
respiration, signal transduction, coenzymes and vitamins: nicotinamide mononucleotide

RNA (ribonucleic acid) is a single strand molecule and DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a
double strand molecule located in almost every living organisms cell. DNA and RNA are similar
in a way that they both consist of alternating sugar with one of four bases; Adenine, Cytosine,
Uracil or Guanine. Only that in the process, RNA pairs Uracil with Adenine and DNA pairs it with
thymine.
DNA and RNA are essential to form life. DNA makes RNA and RNA makes Proteins. And
these proteins fuel the processes involved in translation, replication and transfer of the DNA
and RNA. DNA is considered the blueprint of the cell; it carries all of the genetic information
required for the cell to grow. RNA on the other side produces multiple copies of that piece of
DNA with the help of proteins.

DNA RNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid Ribonucleic acid
It is a blueprint for all genetic information Converts the genetic information contained
contained within an organism within DNA to a format used to build proteins
consists of two strands, arranged in a double strands are shorter than DNA strands. Single
helix strand
The bases in DNA are Adenine (‘A’), Thymine RNA shares Adenine (‘A’), Guanine (‘G’) and
(‘T’), Guanine (‘G’) and Cytosine (‘C’) Cytosine (‘C’) with DNA, but contains Uracil
(‘U’) rather than Thymine

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