Question

energetic of nucleic acid
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Answer 1

• Nucleic acids do not provide the bulk energy for an organism, so they are not nutrients.
• The monomer of the nucleic acids is the nucleotide. A nucleotide is composed of three parts: a pentose sugar, a nitrogenous base, and a phosphate group.
• The nucleic acids are used by cells for information storage, specifically DNA and RNA. Another nucleic acid, ATP stores chemical energy for the cell.