What are the chemical bonds that connect each of the component in DNA?
What
are the chemical bonds that connect each of the components in DNA?
The DNA double
helix is held together by two types of bonds, covalent and hydrogen. Covalent
bonds occur within each linear strand and strongly bond the bases, sugars, and
phosphate groups (both within each component and between components). Hydrogen
bonds occur between the two strands and involve a base from one strand with a
base from the second in complementary pairing. These hydrogen bonds are
individually weak but collectively quite strong.
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