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What constitutes the backbone of DNA?
The backbone of DNA is mainly comprised of phosphates. These phosphates are combined into a pattern with the sugar group deoxyribose to form the backbone.
Would it be hard for plants to make DNA with a shortage of phosphorus in the soil?
Yes Phosphorus is essential in the production of DNA for plants.
What part of the DNA molecule is most exposed to the watery environment in the cell?
Ionically charged phosphate groups in the backbone.
What type of sugar makes up the backbone of the DNA molecule?
The sugar found in the backbone of DNA is the deoxyribose.
What are Sugar in a DNA?
DNA two backbone chains of phosphates and deoxyribose sugars.
Why do living things need phosphorus?
For one example, the most critical part of the Cell is the Dna sugar - phosphate backbone.
What building blocks contain nitrogen carbon hydrogen phosphorus and oxygen?
Nucleotides which make up DNA contain carbon, hydrogen, phosphorus and oxygen.
What part of the nucleotide make up the backbone of the DNA molecule?
dna strands
What is the function of phosphate group in DNA nucleotides?
The phosphate in DNA bonds the 5 sugars together, and is also a backbone for the DNA strand :D
Which biomolecules found in living things contain phosphorus?
Nucleic acids: DNA and RNA.
Is DNA a type of polysacchride?
No. DNA is a nucleic acid. Polysaccharides are carbohydrates. DNA's backbone does contain deoxyribose (a monosaccharide) but this in no respect makes DNA a polysaccharide.
What does the letter P in DNA stand for?
P stands for phosphorus. DNA has a backbone made up of phosphate groups linked to deoxyribose sugars through phosphodiester bonds
Does DNA have oxygen?
Yes, DNA is made of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus.
How is phosphorus important?
Phosphorus is important to living things. The energy-storage molecule, adenosine triphosphate (ATP) contains phosphorus, and DNA and RNA nucleotides contain phosphorus in the form of phosphate groups.
How does phosphorus behave chemically in the human body?
It combines with Oxygen to form the phosphate ion, and is structurally integral to the backbone of the DNA double helix.
What part of the DNA backbone do nitrogen bases bond to?
the deoxyribose sugar
Is a phosphate DNA or RNA?
Both DNA and RNA contain a sugar phosphate group as the backbone to their structure. In DNA the sugar is deoxyribose, where as in RNA it is just ribose.
