Question
Question: Before the discovery of DNA, why wa the hereditary material thought to be made of proteins and not n...
Before the discovery of DNA, why wa the hereditary material thought to be made of proteins and not nucleic acids?
A
Nucleic acids are made up of 20 different bases, while proteins are made up of only 5 amino acids.
B
Protein subunits can combine to form larger proteins.
C
Proteins seemed to be much more diverse chemically.
D
Proteins can be enzymes.
Answer
Proteins can be enzymes.