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Structure of DNA Chapter 8, Section 2

Vocabulary nucleotide double helix base pairing rules

Learning Target I CAN use the sequence of DNA bases in a chromosome to determine the sequence of amino acids in a protein.

DNA is composed of four types of nucleotides. Since the 1920s, scientists have known that the DNA molecule is a very long polymer, or chain of repeating units The small units, or monomers, that make up DNA are called nucleotides

DNA is composed of four types of nucleotides. Each nucleotide has three parts. A phosphate group (one phosphorus with four oxygens) A ring-shaped sugar called deoxyribose A nitrogen-containing base (a single or double ring built around nitrogen and carbon atoms)

phosphate group deoxyribose (sugar) nitrogen-containing base

DNA is composed of four types of nucleotides. One molecule of human DNA contains billions of nucleotides, but there are only four types of nucleotides in DNA. These nucleotides differ only in their nitrogen-containing bases.

DNA is composed of four types of nucleotides. The four bases in DNA are adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine. The bases cytosine (C) and thymine (T) have a single-ring structure. Adenine (A) and guanine (G) have a larger, double-ring structure. The letter abbreviations refer both to the bases and to the nucleotides that contain the bases.

DNA is composed of four types of nucleotides. For a long time, scientists hypothesized that DNA was made up of equal amounts of the four nucleotides, and so the DNA in all organisms was exactly the same. That hypothesis was a key reason that it was so hard to convince scientists that DNA was the genetic material. They reasoned that identical molecules could not carry different instructions across all organisms.

DNA is composed of four types of nucleotides. By 1950 Erwin Chargaff changed the thinking about DNA by analyzing the DNA of several different organisms. Chargaff found that the same four bases are found in the DNA of all organisms, but the proportion of the four bases differs somewhat from organism to organism.

DNA is composed of four types of nucleotides. In the DNA of each organism, the amount of adenine approximately equals the amount of thymine. Similarly, the amount of cytosine roughly equals the amount of guanine. These A = T and C = G relationships became known as Chargaff ’s rules

Watson and Crick The breakthrough in understanding the structure of DNA came in the early 1950s through the teamwork of American geneticist James Watson and British physicist Francis Crick. Watson and Crick were supposed to be studying the structure of proteins. Both men, however, were more fascinated by the challenge of figuring out DNA’s structure.

Watson and Crick Their interest was sparked not only by the findings of Hershey, Chase, and Chargaff but also by the work of the biochemist Linus Pauling. Pauling had found that the structure of some proteins was a helix, or spiral. Watson and Crick hypothesized that DNA might also be a helix.

Watson and Crick X-Ray Evidence At the same time, Rosalind Franklin and Maurice Wilkins were studying DNA using a technique called x-ray crystallography. When DNA is bombarded with x-rays, the atoms in DNA diffract the x-rays in a pattern that can be captured on film.

Watson and Crick Franklin’s x-ray photographs of DNA showed an X surrounded by a circle. Franklin’s data gave Watson and Crick the clues they needed. The patterns and angle of the X suggested that DNA is a helix consisting of two strands that are a regular, consistent width apart.

Watson and Crick The Double Helix Back in their own laboratory, Watson and Crick made models of metal and wood to figure out the structure of DNA. Their models placed the sugar-phosphate backbones on the outside and the bases on the inside.

Watson and Crick At first, Watson reasoned that A might pair with A, T with T, and so on. Finally, Watson and Crick found that if they paired double-ringed nucleotides with single-ringed nucleotides, the bases fit like a puzzle.

Watson and Crick In April 1953 Watson and Crick published their DNA model in a paper in the journal Nature. In the double helix model two strands of DNA wind around each other like a twisted ladder. The strands are complementary —they fit together and are the opposite of each other. That is, if one strand is ACACAC, the other strand is TGTGTG. The pairing of bases in their model finally explained Chargaff ’s rules.

Nucleotides always pair in the same way. The DNA nucleotides of a single strand are joined together by covalent bonds that connect the sugar of one nucleotide to the phosphate of the next nucleotide. The alternating sugars and phosphates form the sides of a double helix, sort of like a twisted ladder. The DNA double helix is held together by hydrogen bonds between the bases in the middle.

Nucleotides always pair in the same way. Individually, each hydrogen bond is weak, but together, they maintain DNA structure. The bases of the two DNA strands always pair up in the same way This is summarized in the base pairing rules: thymine (T) always pairs with adenine (A), and cytosine (C) always pairs with guanine (G). These pairings occur because of the sizes of the bases and the ability of the bases to form hydrogen bonds with each other.

Nucleotides always pair in the same way. Due to the arrangement of their molecules, A can form unique hydrogen bonds with T, and C with G. Notice that A and T form two hydrogen bonds, whereas C and G form three.

Nucleotides always pair in the same way. You can remember the rules of base pairing by noticing that the letters C and G have a similar shape. Once you know that C and G pair together, you know that A and T pair together by default. If a sequence of bases on one strand of DNA is CTGCTA, you know the other DNA strand will be GACGAT.