Is the sugar in DNA attached to a bases Nitrogen or one of it's Carbons? i can't remember always get so confused!
2006-09-21 16:10:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Are you talking about deoxyribose sugar?
The deoxyribose sugar of the DNA backbone has 5 carbons and 3 oxygens. The carbon atoms are numbered 1', 2', 3', 4', and 5' to distinguish from the numbering of the atoms of the purine and pyrmidine rings. The hydroxyl groups on the 5'- and 3'- carbons link to the phosphate groups to form the DNA backbone. Deoxyribose lacks an hydroxyl group at the 2'-position when compared to ribose, the sugar component of RNA.
2006-09-21 16:13:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Carbon on sugar -- Nitrogen on base
2006-09-21 23:12:52 · answer #2 · answered by S h ä r k G û m b ò 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep, Nitrogen.
2006-09-21 23:12:56 · answer #3 · answered by Natasha B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think it is carbons most likely
2006-09-21 23:12:23 · answer #4 · answered by Yahoo User 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋