Pentose sugars and Phosphate groups
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.
Pentose sugars and Phosphate groups
Pentose sugars and Phosphate groups
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.
No, the backbone of nucleic acids is formed by a series of phosphodiester linkages between the 3' carbon of one nucleotide and the 5' carbon of the next nucleotide. This forms a sugar-phosphate backbone that provides stability to the molecule.
sugar and phosphat
sugar and phosphat
Pairs of sugars
Pairs of sugars
The chemical bond connecting one nucleotide with the next one along the nucleic acid chain is a phosphodiester bond. This bond forms between the phosphate group of one nucleotide and the sugar group of the next nucleotide, creating a backbone of alternating sugar and phosphate groups in the nucleic acid chain.
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