How are deoxyribonucleotides formed?
How are deoxyribonucleotides formed? Deoxyribonucleotides are obtained by reduction of ribose already incorporated into nucleotides. Nucleoside diphosphate molecules (ADP, GDP) are used as substrates. What catalyzes the formation of phosphodiester bonds? What catalyzes the formation of phosphodiester bonds? DNA polymerases catalyze the formation of a phosphodiester bond by joining the 5'-phosphate group of the incoming nucleotide to the 3'-OH group of the preceding nucleotide on the growing strand. What is the difference between ribonucleotides and deoxyribonucleotides? The main difference between ribonucleotide and deoxyribonucleotide is that the ribonucleotide is the precursor molecule of RNA while the deoxyribonucleotide is the precursor molecule...