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Between the adenine and pentose sugar, there is _____ bond.

Option: 1

N-glycosidic bond


Option: 2

O-glycosidic bond


Option: 3

Ester bond


Option: 4

Peptide bond


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Nucleotides -

Nucleotides 

  • Nucleotides are the monomer units of nucleic acids.
  • A nucleotide is made up of nucleoside and phosphate group.
  • A nucleoside is made up of 5 carbon pentose sugar and nitrogenous base.
  • There are two types of nitrogenous bases: purine and pyrimidine.
  • Purines have a double ring structure. There are two types of purines - adenine and guanine
  • Pyrimidines have a single ring structure.There are three types of pyrimidines - thymine, cytosine, and uracil.
  • A nitrogenous base is attached to the pentose sugar at the C-1 via N-glycosidic bond. It is a covalent bond.
  • The phosphate group is attached to the C-5 via phosphoester bond.

 

                                            

-An N-glycosidic bonds is present between the nitrogenous base and C-1 of pentose sugar

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