Nucleic acids store and transmit hereditary information.

Monomers of Nucleic acids are

called nucleotides. Nucleotides have three parts: nitrogen containing base, pentose, and PO4
group. The types of nucleotide bases are pyrimidines( single ring N-base) and purines (double
ring N-base). The four DNA bases are: thymine and cytosine which are pyrimidines and adenine
and guanine which are purines. DNA is a polymer of polynucleotides. Each nucleotide is bonded
to another nucleotide or RNA strand. Nucleotides are added in the 5' to 3 direction and is
arranged anti parallel. RNA is single stranded and made from DNA. For its bases Uracil
replaces thymine.