Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYMolecular Basis of Inheritance4 Marks
Question
Give Significance: DNA.
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Answer
DNA regulates and controls all the cellular activities.
It replicates and gets distributed equally to the daughter cells when the cell divides.
It is a carrier of genetic information.
Heterocatalytic function : DNA directs the synthesis of chemical molecules other than itself. E.g. Synthesis of RNA (transcription), synthesis of protein (Translation), etc.
Autocatalytic function : DNA directs the synthesis of DNA itself. E.g. Replication.
DNA is a master molecule of a cell that initiates, guides, regulates and controls the process of protein synthesis.
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