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  2. Phosphodiester bond - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, it is the phosphodiester bonds that link the 3' carbon atom of one sugar molecule and the 5' carbon atom of another (hence the name 3', 5' phosphodiester linkage used with reference to this kind of bond in DNA and RNA chains). [3] The involved saccharide groups are deoxyribose in DNA and ribose in RNA.

  3. Phosphodiesterase - Wikipedia

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    This mechanism, as well as others, allows for cross-regulation of the cAMP and cGMP pathways. PDE12 cleaves 2',5'-phosphodiester bond linking adenosines of the 5'-triphosphorylated oligoadenylates. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] PDE12 is not a member of the cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterase superfamily that contains PDE1 through PDE11.

  4. Phosphodiesterase 3 - Wikipedia

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    The proposed molecular mechanism of cyclic nucleotide specificity of PDEs is the so-called glutamine switch mechanism. In the PDEs that have had their structure solved, there seems to be an invariant glutamine residue that stabilizes the binding of the purine ring in the active site (binding pocket).

  5. Ligation (molecular biology) - Wikipedia

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    The mechanism of the ligation reaction was first elucidated in the laboratory of I. Robert Lehman. [4] [5] Two fragments of DNA may be joined by DNA ligase which catalyzes the formation of a phosphodiester bond between the 3'-hydroxyl group (-OH) at one end of a strand of DNA and the 5'-phosphate group (-PO4) of another.

  6. Nucleotide pyrophosphatase/phosphodiesterase - Wikipedia

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    3) A one-step fully synchronous mechanism analogous to S N 2 substitution. Bond formation and breakage occur simultaneously and at the same rate. This is represented by the black dashed line in the figure at right. The above three cases represent archetypes for the reaction mechanism, and the actual mechanism probably falls somewhere in between ...

  7. DNA condensation - Wikipedia

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    Pyrophosphate leaving group in a condensation reaction forming the ribose-phosphate polymer. Condensation of Adenine and Guanine forming a phosphodiester bond, the basis of the nucleic acid backbone. DNA condensation refers to the process of compacting DNA molecules in vitro or in vivo. [1]

  8. Ligase - Wikipedia

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    This is typically via hydrolysis of a small pendant chemical group on one of the molecules, typically resulting in the formation of new C-O, C-S, or C-N bonds. For example, DNA ligase can join two complementary fragments of nucleic acid by forming phosphodiester bonds, and repair single stranded breaks that arise in double stranded DNA during ...

  9. Polymer backbone - Wikipedia

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    Condensation of adenine and guanine forming a phosphodiester bond, the triphosphorylated ribose of the incoming nucleotide is attacked by the 3' hydroxyl of the polymer, releasing pyrophosphate. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) are the main examples of polynucleotides. They arise by condensation of nucleotides.