Question

In which of the following ways are DNA and mRNA different?

Answer 1

The difference is that deoxyribose sugar has one less oxygen than a normal ribose sugar. RNA's nucleotides are composed of Uracil an alternate nitrogenous base to Thymine. So the sequence of nitrogenous bases is composed of Adenine, Uracil, Cytosine, and Guanine opposed to Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, and Guanine.

Answer 2

DNA:

Dexoyribonucleic acid is the genetic material of almost all the organisms except some virus. DNA contains deoxyribose sugar that lacks 2'OH group on second carbon. The nitrogenous base pair of DNA are adenine, guanine, thymine and cytosine. DNA cannot acts as an enzyme.

RNA:

Ribonucleic acid is present as genetic material in few viruses only. RNA contains oxyribose sugar that has 2'OH group at second position. The nitrogenous base pair of RNA are adenine, guanine, uracil and cytosine. RNA can acts as any enzyme in biological reactions.