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The major lethal lesions are pyrimidine dimers in DNA (produced by UV-B and UV-C)--these are the result of a covalent attachment between adjacent pyrimidines in one strand. This is shown here for a thymine-thymine dimer and here for a thymine-cytosine dimer. third type of spontaneous DNA damage that occurs frequently is damage to the bases by free radicals of oxygen. These arise in cells as a result of oxidative metabolism and also are formed by physical agents such as radiation.
The three subunits of a nucleotide are a nitrogenous base, a sugar and a phosphate group. Nucleotides are the building blocks of DNA and RNA molecules. One nitrogenous base, known as purine, is comprised of adenine and guanine. The other nitrogenous base is pyrimidine, which is cytosine and thymine. These bases combine to form DNA. RNA formation is slightly different, as uracil is substituted for thymine. Deoxyribose is the sugar subunit in a DNA molecule, while ribose is the sugar subunit of an RNA molecule. Nucleotides form nucleic acids, which are organic compounds that are found in every cell.