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Nucleic acid definition
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A nucleic acid is a macromolecule composed of linear sequences of nucleotides that perform several functions in living cells, e.g., the storage of genetic information and its transfer from one generation to the next DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), the expression of this information in protein synthesis (mRNA, tRNA) and may act as functional components of subcellular units such as ribosomes (rRNA).

RNA (ribonucleic acid) contains D-ribose, DNA contains 2-deoxy-D-ribose as the sugar component.

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