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In other words, DNA polymerase catalyzes the attachment of the next
deoxyribonucleotide phosphate to the 3´ end of a new DNA strand. This
attachment is called a phosphodiester bond.
The nucleic acids that belong together are joined firmly by the “matchmaker”
DNA polymerase.
That’s right! Ha ha ha...
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RNA structure
On the other hand, RNA usually exists as a single strand. The enzyme RNA
polymerase actually uses DNA as a template when it binds ribonucleotides
together into a new RNA strand.
DNA RNA
Oh, that reminds me...earlier you said that RNA is an extremely important
substance, but you never said why!
Just hold your horses, Kumi. We’ll get into that soon (on page 220, to be exact).
Got it!
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