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What is RNA | Genetics | Biology | FuseSchool

DNA is a type of nucleic acid. In this video we are going to have a quick look at another type; RNA.

We have both DNA and RNA in our bodies. We need them both! DNA is the blueprint; it contains all of the instructions for the cell to grow, function and replicate. The RNA carries out these instructions; it copies and transfers the genetic code from the DNA to ensure the relevant proteins are made. So just think of it as “DNA makes RNA make proteins”.

Whereas DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid, RNA stands for ribonucleic acid. Whilst DNA is double stranded, RNA is single stranded.

Like DNA, RNA is made up of a long chain of nucleotides. Each nucleotide consists of a ribose sugar, phosphate group and a nucleotide base. RNA has a sugar called ribose, whereas DNA has a sugar called deoxyribose. RNA has a base uracil, or U, whereas DNA has the base thymine or T. So in RNA C and G still pair, but now A and U pair.

We need to know about RNA because we will see it when learning about protein synthesis. We will see two special types of RNA: messenger RNA, which is known as mRNA, and transfer RNA, which is known as tRNA. We will see the mRNA being synthesised inside the nucleus, copied from the DNA code. The tRNA is found in the cytoplasm.

For many years, we just thought RNA was a DNA photocopier as mRNA, the protein builder, as tRNA, and found in ribosomes as rRNA. However, RNA can also act as enzymes to speed up chemical reactions, and in many viruses, they have RNA instead of DNA. The RNA carries the genetic codes in those viruses.

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Watched that so I can understand a meme

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This video should have been named the difference between DNA and RNA...

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Great video. Ppl act like they can't hear because of the music. It was completely fine thank you💯

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Illustration with images!! That's amazing! Very good work!

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Brilliant video. But how does thymine turn into uracil?

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thanks for this video it so helpful and it helping me to understand

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Omg, we have exam tommorow about this, but I have question what is amino acids in protein of rna?

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Music is enjoying and distracting. 😑 I couldn't even finish the video. All I could think "please, silence the music"

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Who else is just here to understand how that mRNA vaccine works?

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This is how they find out if you are positive with Covid 19.

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By the way RNA is the X chromosome single strand blood.

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background music was too funky. couldn't focus on bio work

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Can you turn off the music? I can't hear anything

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