Use the Data Booklet to help you answer these questions - AQA - A-Level Chemistry - Question 9 - 2017 - Paper 2
Question 9
Use the Data Booklet to help you answer these questions.
DNA exists as two strands of nucleotides in the form of a double helix with hydrogen bonding between the tw... show full transcript
Worked Solution & Example Answer:Use the Data Booklet to help you answer these questions - AQA - A-Level Chemistry - Question 9 - 2017 - Paper 2
Step 1
Name the types of group attached to 2-deoxyribose at positions X and Y.
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X: Base
Y: Phosphate group
Step 2
Complete the diagram below to show the other molecule and the hydrogen bonds between it and adenine.
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The other molecule is Thymine. It should be drawn such that it aligns with adenine showing two hydrogen bonds: one between the nitrogen atom of adenine and the nitrogen atom of thymine, and another between the nitrogen atom of thymine and the hydrogen atom in adenine.