My Macromolecule

If I had to be a macromolecule I would choose to be a nucleic acid. I think nucleic acids are really important because they are the basis of all genes. Nucleic acids are normally found in the nucleus but they are also present in both living and nonliving organisms. Nucleic acids are pretty big macromolecules. As far as structure goes they are usually a single helix (RNA) or a double helix (DNA). However, there have been instances of some organisms forming up to 3 or 4 stranded nucleic acids. The information stored within nucleic acids is crucial to all organisms because it contains the "instructions" for making proteins and these proteins go out to do various jobs including catalyzing enzyme reactions and transferring information for gene expression. The nucleic acids and proteins work together to set the foundation for the rest of the cell to do work.