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The total number of hydrogen bonds of a DNA-double Helix strand whose one strand has the following sequence of bases is .
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Correct answer: 33
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In DNA, the base pairing rules are:
- pairs with by 2 hydrogen bonds.
- pairs with by 3 hydrogen bonds.
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Given one strand:
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Count the number of each type of base in the given strand:
- appears at positions
- appears at positions
- \mathrm[A} appears at positions
- appears at positions
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Total number of and bases: Each pair contributes hydrogen bonds. So hydrogen bonds from these pairs:
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Total number of and bases: Each pair contributes hydrogen bonds. So hydrogen bonds from these pairs:
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Hence, total hydrogen bonds in the DNA double helix are:
Therefore, the required integer answer is .
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