Pentose sugars and Phosphate groups
Pentose sugars and Phosphate groups
The two components that make up the nucleotide backbone are the sugar molecule, which is either ribose in RNA or deoxyribose in DNA, and the phosphate group. Together, they form the repeating structure that provides the backbone for the nucleic acid strand.
A phosphodiester linkage forms the backbone of a nucleic acid by connecting the 3' carbon of one nucleotide to the 5' carbon of another nucleotide in a chain. This linkage creates a sugar-phosphate backbone that provides stability to the nucleic acid structure.
Nucleic acids are made up of monomers called nucleotides, which consist of; a sugar, a phosphate part and an N-containing base.
The sugar-phoshate part is what makes up the backbone, ribose in RNA and 2-Deoxyribose in DNA with a single phosphate group per nucleotide.
The sugar-phoshate part is what makes up the backbone, ribose in RNA and 2-Deoxyribose in DNA with a single phosphate group per nucleotide.
sugar and phosphat
sugar and phosphat
Pairs of sugars
Pairs of sugars
Pentose sugars and Phosphate groups
A 5-carbon sugar, Phoshate group, and a nitrogenous base make nucleotides. The nucleotides are made of adenine, guanine, cytosice, thymine, and uracil. The nucleotides make the nucleic acids. Nucleic acids are made in only two types, Deoxyribonucleic acid(DNA) and Ribonucleic Acid (RNA)