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In prokaryotes, DNA is circular and present in the cytoplasm but in eukaryotes, DNA is linear and mainly confined to the nucleus. DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is a long polymer of nucleotides. In 1953, the first correct double-helical structure of DNA was worked out by Watson and Crick. Based on the X-ray diffraction data produced by Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin. It is composed of three components, i.e., A phosphate group, a deoxyribose sugar, and a nitrogenous base. Different forms of DNA are B-DNA, Z-DNA, A-DNA, C-DNA, and D-DNA.
Name the linkage present between the nitrogen base and pentose sugar in DNA.
Options
Phosphodiester bond
Glycosidic bond
Hydrogen bond
None of these
Solution
Glycosidic bond
Explanation:
In DNA the nitrogenous base and a pentose sugar join to form nucleoside with the help of a bond called glycosidic bond or N-glycosidic linkage.
