Tautomerization
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What is tautomerization?

  • A process that involves the replication of nucleotide bases
  • A process that involves the formation of common tautomeric forms of nucleotide bases
  • A reaction that involves the formation of rare tautomeric forms of nucleotide bases
  • A chemical reaction that involves the spontaneous interconversion of nucleotide isomers (correct)

Which nucleotide bases exist in both common and rare tautomeric forms?

  • Thymine, Uracil, Cytosine, and Adenine
  • Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine, and Adenine (correct)
  • Uracil, Guanine, Cytosine, and Adenine
  • Thymine, Guanine, Uracil, and Adenine

What is the rare tautomeric form of Thymine and Guanine bases?

  • Enol (correct)
  • Keto
  • Imino
  • Amino

What is the rare tautomeric form of Adenine and Cytosine bases?

<p>Imino (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of mutation can tautomers create during replication?

<p>Transition (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the keto form of Thymine and Guanine bases?

<p>The common form (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the amino form of Adenine and Cytosine bases?

<p>The common form (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nucleotide base(s) have a rare tautomeric form called enol?

<p>Thymine and Guanine (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nucleotide base(s) have a rare tautomeric form called imino?

<p>Adenine and Cytosine (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the process by which a hydrogen atom is shifted to create a rare tautomeric form of a nucleotide base called?

<p>Tautomerization (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is tautomerization?

<p>The conversion of nucleotide isomers by proton shift (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which nucleotide bases have rare tautomeric forms?

<p>Thymine, Guanine, Cytosine, Adenine (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the rare tautomeric form of thymine and guanine?

<p>Enol (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the rare tautomeric form of adenine and cytosine?

<p>Imino (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of mutation can tautomers create during replication?

<p>Transition mutation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which hydrogen atom shift creates the rare tautomeric form of thymine and guanine?

<p>From their rare 'enol' form (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which hydrogen atom shift creates the rare tautomeric form of adenine and cytosine?

<p>From their rare 'imino' form (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common form of thymine and guanine?

<p>Keto (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the most common form of adenine and cytosine?

<p>Amino (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the chemical reaction called when nucleotide isomers spontaneously interconvert by proton shift?

<p>Tautomerization (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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