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Components of DNADeoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is composed of nucleotides. A nucleotide is made up of a five-carbon sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. The diagram shows these three components. To create a DNA molecule, these components are held together by hydrogen bonds to form a double-helix structure, as shown. The DNA double-helix must unwind to copy itself for DNA replication. When this occurs, a new copy of DNA is created that is identical to the original.
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- The five‑carbon sugar in DNA is deoxyribose (not just “a five‑carbon sugar”).
- Nucleotides within each single strand are covalently joined by phosphodiester bonds (the phosphate–sugar backbone). Hydrogen bonds connect the two complementary strands by pairing the nitrogenous bases.
- Base pairing is A with T (two H bonds) and G with C (three H bonds).
- Replication is semi‑conservative: each new double helix contains one original strand and one newly synthesized strand.
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Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is made of nucleotides; each nucleotide contains a deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. Nucleotides are covalently linked into a sugar–phosphate backbone by phosphodiester bonds; two DNA strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between complementary bases (A–T and G–C), forming a double helix. During DNA replication the double helix is unwound and each original strand serves as a template for synthesis of a new complementary strand, producing two identical DNA molecules (semi‑conservative replication).
Brief replication steps
1. Helicase unwinds and separates the two strands.
2. Single‑stranded binding proteins stabilize separated strands.
3. Primase makes RNA primers.
4. DNA polymerase adds nucleotides to the primers, synthesizing the new strands (leading and lagging strand synthesis with Okazaki fragments).
5. RNA primers are removed and replaced with DNA; ligase seals nicks.
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Main corrections
- The five‑carbon sugar in DNA is deoxyribose (not just “a five‑carbon sugar”).
- Nucleotides within each single strand are covalently joined by phosphodiester bonds (the phosphate–sugar backbone). Hydrogen bonds connect the two complementary strands by pairing the nitrogenous bases.
- Base pairing is A with T (two H bonds) and G with C (three H bonds).
- Replication is semi‑conservative: each new double helix contains one original strand and one newly synthesized strand.
Concise corrected paragraph
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is made of nucleotides; each nucleotide contains a deoxyribose sugar, a phosphate group, and a nitrogenous base. Nucleotides are covalently linked into a sugar–phosphate backbone by phosphodiester bonds; two DNA strands are held together by hydrogen bonds between complementary bases (A–T and G–C), forming a double helix. During DNA replication the double helix is unwound and each original strand serves as a template for synthesis of a new complementary strand, producing two identical DNA molecules (semi‑conservative replication).
Brief replication steps
1. Helicase unwinds and separates the two strands.
2. Single‑stranded binding proteins stabilize separated strands.
3. Primase makes RNA primers.
4. DNA polymerase adds nucleotides to the primers, synthesizing the new strands (leading and lagging strand synthesis with Okazaki fragments).
5. RNA primers are removed and replaced with DNA; ligase seals nicks.
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