JEE Main Chemistry question

The sequence in the structure of nucleic acid is:

(A)Base + phosphate group + pentose
(B)Phosphate group + pentose + base
(C)Pentose + base + phosphate group
(D)All of the aboveCorrect

Answer: (D)

Solution

A nucleotide links its base, pentose sugar and phosphate group together in a fixed connectivity (base attached to the sugar's C1′, phosphate attached to the sugar's C5′), and this same set of three components can be listed starting

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Question ID VK-150916