1953
Crystallized DNA and X-ray diffraction
From picture it was clear that DNA was in a helix
With symmetrically organized bases in center
Watson and Crick
• Watson and Crick, 1953
• DNA Model
• DNA is a double helix
DNA
• Tubuh manusia terdiri dari
Triliunan sel
• Tiap Sel :
✓ 46 Kromosom
✓ 102 cm DNA
✓ 30.000 Gen
✓ 3 Milyar pasang basa
( basa A, T, C, G )
NUKLEUS Tempat penyimpanan kromosom
PO4
adenine
deoxyribose
Struktur DNA
PO4
sugar-phosphate + bases
backbone
2-stranded DNA
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4 PO4
▪ DNA terdiri dari dua untai
PO4
PO4
PO4
PO4
Basa Nitrogen
Basa nitrogen:
▪ Adenine (A)
▪ Guanine (G)
▪ Cytosine (C)
▪ Thymine (T)
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Struktur DNA
PO4
PO4
adenine thymine
▪ Purine berpasangan dengan
PO4
PO4 Pirimidine
cytosine guanine
ikatan Hidrogen
Kode Genetik
Cytosine
Thymine
Cytosine (C)
Guanine (G) Codes for Alanine
Adenine (A)
Asam Amino
▪ urutan nukleotida tersusun secara teratur membawa informasi genetik
▪ 3 urutan basa membawa kode asam amino
-
Triplet code = Codon → Asam Amino → Protein
Figure 10.2C, D
DNA vs RNA