What is the carbon skeleton for purine and pyrimidine?
1 Answer
May 28, 2017
The carbon skeleton is one ring and two for pyrimidines and purines.
Explanation:
- The nitrogenous bases of the nucleic acids i.e., RNA and DNA have been categorized into purines and pyrimidines.
- The purines are adenine and guanine, while pyrimidines are thymine, cytosine, and uracil.
- The purines are made up of two carbon ring i.e., carbon skeleton, while the pyrimidines are made up of only one carbon ring.
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