How are nitrogenous bases bonded to the five carbon sugar in a DNA nucleotide?
i know that the phosphate and sugar are bonded covalently, and that the OPPOSITE nitrogenous bases are bonded through hydrogen bonds, but how do the nitrogenous bases bond to the five carbon sugar that is right next to it? through another covalent bond?
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Answer by dgd1209
The deoxyribose sugar attaches to the base through a glycosidic bond which is a covalent bond.
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