What are the functional groups of DNA?
1 Answer
Jul 11, 2016
The functional groups are amine, amide, hydroxyl, glycoside linkage, and phosphodiester.
Explanation:
First, let's look at the bases in DNA.
Adenine, guanine, and cytosine have amine (
The bases are joined in DNA to form nucleotides with the general structure
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We see a glycoside linkage (
Finally, we look at a DNA strand.
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We see that the nucleotides are linked by phosphate diester groups from one sugar molecule to the next one in the chain..