On DNA does the sugar have adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine connected to it or does the phosphate have that connected to it?
2006-12-10 04:08:28 · 13 answers · asked by IndoCanadian 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
The sugar has the bases adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine connected to it. Also the sugar has the phosphate connected to it. The phosphate is not connected to the bases A,C,G, and T because that would interfere with the hydrogen bonds between the two bases on paired DNA strands, which would inhibit the formation of the double helix.
2006-12-10 04:16:16 · answer #1 · answered by mg 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
On DNA a phosphate molecule is attached to the five-carbon sugar (deoxyribose) and forms a sugar-phosphate backbone. To the sugar end of this backbone is the nitrogenous base attached, which can be either adenine, guanine, cytosine or thymine.
2006-12-10 04:16:48 · answer #2 · answered by nisum90 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The deoxyribose (sugar) has the adenine, guanine, cytosine, and thymine connected to it. The phosphate connects the deoxyribose to form the dna backbone.
2006-12-10 04:20:17 · answer #3 · answered by halo1mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each strand of DNA is a covalently linked chain of nucleotides, with alternating sugar (deoxyribose)-phosphates forming the "backbone" for the nucleobases ("bases"). The negatively-charged phosphate groups between each deoxyribose make DNA an acid in solution and allow DNA molecules of different sizes to be separated by electrophoresis.
2006-12-10 04:28:43 · answer #4 · answered by ..pAniC aTTacks.. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DNA has a "backbone" that consists of both sugar and phosphate. The bases (A, T, C, and G) are attached to the SUGAR at the C1 position.
See the link I attached below for a more 3D depiction and for confirmation of what I said is true.
2006-12-10 04:14:19 · answer #5 · answered by dpfw16 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is all connected in one long chain. the sugar is connected to those, which are connected to the phosphate, which is connected to the next sugar.
2006-12-10 04:14:01 · answer #6 · answered by The J Man 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it can have adenine or cytosine. RNA has thymine or guanine.
also DNA has deoxyribose and RNA has ribose.
hope this helps
2006-12-10 04:12:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nucleotides are attached to sugars which are attached to phosphates
2006-12-10 04:13:05 · answer #8 · answered by dixiechck615 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
nucleotides are attached to the i think five or six carbon sugar or something like that
2006-12-10 04:20:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's definitely not the phospate so I'm going for the sugar :)
2006-12-10 04:13:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋