Question
Ligase joins fragments together by connecting their backbones. This means that it connects
adenine to thymine
guanine to cytosine
nitrogen bases
sugar to phosphate
DNA to RNA
adenine to thymine
guanine to cytosine
nitrogen bases
sugar to phosphate
DNA to RNA
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Ligase enzymes join DNA fragments together by connecting the sugar-phosphate backbones of the strands. Therefore, the correct answer is:
**sugar to phosphate**
Ligase forms phosphodiester bonds between the 3' hydroxyl group of one sugar and the 5' phosphate group of another, effectively linking the DNA fragments.
**sugar to phosphate**
Ligase forms phosphodiester bonds between the 3' hydroxyl group of one sugar and the 5' phosphate group of another, effectively linking the DNA fragments.