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I am not talking about RNA. I am talking strictly about. The way DNA stores information has nothing to do with the way it is folded. Proteins and some types of
by ild 11y ago
I am not talking about RNA. I am talking strictly about. The way DNA stores information has nothing to do with the way it is folded. Proteins and some types of RNA require proper folding to function, DNA does not.
- dekhn 11y agoThis is incorrect: DNA in the folded form of chromatin stores information. In particular, chromatin state is epigenetic and is used to deactivate many genes during the development process. Further, even a duplex is a "fold" (coiled coils are a structural motif). You're fixating on the A T G C base form of encoding; DNA contains a lot more information than just that, encoded in its quatenary structure.