Find the hydrolysis product when a phosphodiester bond of nucleotide breaks.

3 - O H -

deoxyribose-

5 - P O_{4}^{3 -}

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5 - O H -

deoxyribose

- 3 - P O_{4}^{3 -}

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2 - O H -

deoxyribose

- 2 - P O_{4}^{3 -}

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4 - O H -

deoxyribose

- 2 - P O_{4}^{3 -}

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Solution

The correct option is C $3 - O H -$ deoxyribose- $5 - P O_{4}^{3 -}$
A phosphodiester bond occurs when exactly two of the hydroxyl groups in phosphoric acid react with hydroxyl groups on other molecules to form two ester bonds.

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