In DNA fragment, there are 8 turns with
40% of bases are cytosines . What
would be the total number of Hydrogen Bonds present in this DNA fragment.???
40 % cytosine
40 % Guanine
10 % Adenine
10% Thymine
Now we know, 10 base pairs are present in each turn. so 8 turns would have total of 80 base pairs.
out of 80, 80% are Cytosine - Guanine and the rest 20% are Adenine - Thymine
80 % of 80 = 64
1 Cytosine - Guanine has 3 hydrogen bonds, so 64 Cytosine - Guanine will have 192 hydrogen bonds
20 % of 80 = 16
1 Adenine - Thymine has 2 hydrogen bonds, so 16 Adenine - Thymine will have 32 hydrogen bonds
Total hydrogen bonds = 224
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