BIO 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Deoxyribonucleotide, Cell Nucleus, Condensation Reaction

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Phosphate group is bonded to the five carbon of sugar. Nitrogenous base is bounded to the one carbon of sugar. Phosphodiester linkage between 3 prime and 5 prime sugar (via phosphate group) 3 prime and 5 prime carbons joined by phosphodiester linkage (the one sticking up is the 5 prime) Dna is double stranded with each strand consisting of a long, linear polymer made up of monomers called deoxyribonucleotides. Each deoxyribonucleotide consists of a sugar, phosphate group, and nitrogenous base. Deoxyribonucleotides link together into a polymer when a phosphodiester bond forms between a hydroxyl group on the 3 prime carbon of one deoxyribose and the phosphate group attached to the 5 prime carbon of another deoxyribose. When break phosphate group off, energy is released. The three closely spaced phosphate groups, dntps, have high potential energy, high enough to make the formation of phosphodiester bonds in a growing dna strand exergonic as two of the phosphates are broken off.

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