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Bonds in a Nucleotide?
So in a nucleotide which carbon of the pentose sugar attaches to the phosphate group? I read somewhere that its the 5' C but i thought the phosphate group forms a bond with the -OH group of the 3'C?
Can someone please clarify this for me? Thanks.
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
the phosphate group is linked to the 5' OH of the pentose not 3 C. but for the joining of the 2 nucleotides the phosphodiester bond is formed between the 3 C of one and 5 C of another nucleotide.