Polynucleotides - 0 views
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A polymer of mononucleotides is called a polynucleotide. In polynucleotides, only one phosphoric acid is present on each ribose sugar so hydrolysis of polynucleotides produces equimolar solutions of nitrogenous base, ribose sugar, and phosphate. The phosphoric acid component of polynucleotides readily loses a proton and so polynucleotides are also called nucleic acids.
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Polynucleotides, both DNA and RNA, are the information carriers of living organisms and play the central role in reproduction.