what exactly is phosphodiester bond how does it helps in the linkage.

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Which moieties of nucleosides are involved in the formation of phosphodiester linkages present in dinucleotides? What does the word diester in the name of linkage indicate? Which acid is involved in the formation of this linkage?

Q. Which of the following biomolecules does have a phosphodiester bond

Q. Match the following and find the correct option.

$I$	$I I$
$(a)$ Hydrogen bond	$(i)$ Adenine - deoxyric base
$(b)$ N-glycosidic linkage	$(i i)$ Glucose - Fructose
$(c)$ Phosphodiester bond	$(i i i)$ Leucine - Glycine
$(d)$ Peptide bond	$(i v)$ Nucleotide - Nucleotide in polynucleotide chain
	$(v)$ Guanine - Cytosin on opposite strands of DNA

Q. Two nucleotide are linked through

3^{'} - 5^{'}

phosphodiester linkage to from dinucleotide. Explain.

Q. Dinucleotide is obtained by joining two nucleotides together by a phosphodiester linkage. Between which carbons of pentose sugar are these linkages present?

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