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#Question id: 800


Following table lists the two major forms of DNA duplexes, conformation of base attached to the sugar and the nature of major and minor grooves.

DNA duplex

Properties

(A)  A form

(i) Syn conformation of the base to sugar

(B)  B form

(ii) Anti conformation of the base to sugar

 

(iii) Wide major groove

 

(iv) Narrow major groove

 

(v) Wide minor groove 

 

(vi) Narrow minor groove 

 

(vii) C-3’ endo sugar puckering

 

(viii) C-2’ endo sugar puckering

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology
  1. A – ii, iv, v, vii and B – ii, iii, vi, viii

  2. A – i, iv, v, vii and B – ii, iii, vi, viii

  3. A – ii, iii, vi, vii and B – ii, iv, v, viii

  4. A – ii, iv, v, viii and B – ii, iii, vi, vii