Amino acids are the building blocks of DNA? True or false?

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Meave60
Jan 10, 2018

False. The building blocks of DNA molecules are nucleotides. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

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Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1993/illpres/dna-rna.html
The building blocks of DNA are nucleotides, which consist of the sugar deoxyribose, a phosphate group, and one of four nitrogenous bases; adenine (A), guanine (G), cytosine (C), and thymine (T).

https://www.desktopclass.com/notes/biology/dna-the-genetic-material-10th-biology-lesson-17-4.html

DNA is composed of two strands of DNA nucleotides. Each strand is composed of a backbone of sugar-phosphate molecules, with the nitrogenous bases, also bonded to the sugar molecule. The two strands are connected by hydrogen bonds between complimentary nitrogenous bases; A:T and C:G. The two strands form a double helical structure called a twisted ladder.

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