Question

What is the main role of nucleic acids?

Answer 1

Nucleic acid:

1. The macromolecules are composed of long chains of nucleotides (monomers), present in the chromosomes of an organism.
2. Nucleotides serve as the genetic material in living organisms.
3. Nucleic acids are of two types based on the organisms in which they are present.
4. Ribonucleic acid is present in viruses as genetic material and deoxyribonucleic acid in bacteria, humans, and other animals as genetic material.

The main role of nucleic acid :

1. The nucleic acids store the genetic information of an organism.
2. The genetic information stored in nucleic acids is used by the cell to direct the synthesis of proteins.
3. The central dogma rule states the genetic information from the (nucleic acid) DNA is transferred to RNA and then to protein.