Write the main structural difference between DNA and RNA. Of the two bases, thymine and uracil, which one is present in DNA?
Structural difference
DNA | RNA |
1. The sugar present in DNA is 2-deoxyD-(–)-ribose | 1. The sugar present in RNA is D-(–)ribose. |
2. DNA has double stranded a-helix structure. | 2. RNA has single stranded a-helix structure |
3. DNA contains cytosine and thymine as pyrimidine bases. | 3. RNA contains cytosine and uracil as pyrimidine bases. |
4. DNA molecules are very large and their molecular mass may vary from 6x106-16x106 u. | 4. RNA molecules are much smaller and their molecular may vary from 20,000–40,000 u. |
Thymine is present in DNA.