{"id":41164,"date":"2023-08-03T14:58:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T09:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid\/"},"modified":"2023-11-06T20:17:57","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T14:32:57","slug":"dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/dna-deoxyribonucleic-acid\/","title":{"rendered":"DNA: Properties, Structure, Composition, Types, Functions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is the heredity material found in humans and all living organisms. It is a double-stranded molecule and has a unique twisted helical structure. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DNA is made up of nucleotides, each nucleotide has three components: a backbone made up of a sugar (Deoxyribose) and phosphate group and a nitrogen-containing base attached to the sugar.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each strand has many nucleotides or says numerous sugar, a phosphate group, and nitrogenous bases. These nitrogenous bases are complementary to the other strand\u2019s nitrogenous base to maintain helical symmetry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each base pairs are bonded through Hydrogen bonding. These nitrogenous bases are Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), and Thymine (T), A is complementary to T, and G to C. These bases are responsible for storing the genetic information. Most DNA is located at the cell nucleus so is called nuclear DNA, however, a small amount of DNA is also located in mitochondria, and so is referred to as mitochondrial DNA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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