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What is the composition of nucleic acid?


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Nucleic acid

  • Nucleic acids are the polymers of nucleotides and they are joined together by a phosphodiester linkage. Nucleotides are the structural units of nucleic acids and are composed of a nitrogenous base, pentose i.e.,five carbon sugar either ribose or 2′-deoxyribose and a phosphate group.

Chemical composition of nucleic acid

  • When DNA (or RNA) is completely hydrolyzed, it produces phosphoric acid, a pentose sugar, and a nitrogenous base.
  • The sugar moiety in DNA molecules is β-D-2-deoxyribose, whereas it is β-D-ribose in RNA molecules.

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