Components of Nucleic Acid
Identify each of the following as a pentose sugar, base, nucleoside, nucleotide, or nucleic acid and if it is found in DNA, RNA, or both:
a. guanine
b. deoxyadenosine-5′-monophosphate (dAMP)
c. ribose
d. cytidine
a. Guanine is one of the bases found in both DNA and RNA.
b. Deoxyadenosine- -monophosphate is a nucleotide (tides have phosphate) that is found in DNA.
c. Ribose is the pentose sugar found in RNA.
d. Cytidine is a nucleoside found in RNA.