ProteinSynthesis-.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Notice that the 3’ and 5’ refer to a numbering system for the carbon atoms that make up the sugar. * * * * On the left is the DNA double helix. When the helix is unwound, a ladder configuration shows that the uprights are composed of sugar and phosphate molecules and the rungs are complementary bases. Notice that the bases in DNA pair in such a way that the phosphate-sugar groups are oriented in different directions. This means that the strands of DNA end up running antiparallel to one another, with the 3’ end of one strand opposite