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<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>International</strong> AS <strong>Level</strong> <strong>Biology</strong><br />

3΄<br />

5΄<br />

P<br />

sugar<br />

thymine<br />

5΄<br />

P<br />

sugar<br />

hydrogen bonds<br />

thymine<br />

adenine<br />

sugar<br />

P<br />

P<br />

sugar<br />

cytosine<br />

P<br />

cytosine<br />

guanine<br />

sugar<br />

P<br />

sugar<br />

P<br />

sugar<br />

adenine<br />

P<br />

adenine<br />

thymine<br />

sugar<br />

P<br />

5΄<br />

a<br />

3΄<br />

Part of a polynucleotide. Each nucleotide<br />

is linked to the next by covalent bonds<br />

between the phosphates and sugars.<br />

3΄<br />

sugar<br />

b<br />

Part of a DNA molecule. Two polynucleotides, running in<br />

opposite directions, are held together by hydrogen bonds<br />

between the bases. A links with T by two hydrogen bonds;<br />

C links with G by three hydrogen bonds. This is complementary<br />

base pairing.<br />

114<br />

base pair<br />

sugar–phosphate<br />

backbone<br />

c<br />

A simplified diagram of a DNA molecule<br />

showing its backbone of alternating<br />

sugar–phosphate units, with the bases<br />

projecting into the centre creating base pairs.<br />

d<br />

The DNA double helix.<br />

Figure 6.5 The structure of DNA.

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