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## Nucleic Acids - are responsible for storing genetic information and protein synthesis - are made up of monomers called NUCLEOTIDES which has 3 components: 1. a 5' Carbon sugar such as Ribose for RNA, the 5' Carbon sugar present in DNA is Deoxyribose 2. a Phosphate functional group 3....

## Nucleic Acids - are responsible for storing genetic information and protein synthesis - are made up of monomers called NUCLEOTIDES which has 3 components: 1. a 5' Carbon sugar such as Ribose for RNA, the 5' Carbon sugar present in DNA is Deoxyribose 2. a Phosphate functional group 3. a Nitrogenous base, are Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine and Thymine ## Nucleotide - Phosphate - 5 carbon sugar - Nitrogenous Base ### NUCLEOTIDES - are linked together by Dehydration Synthesis or Polymerisation reactions - between the sugar of one nucleotide and the Phosphate group of a second nucleotide - When linked, Sugar-Phosphate backbone is formed