Formation of Phosphodiester Bond in DNA
This animation shows the process of dehydration synthesis as a nucleotide is added to a DNA strand and how complementary base pairing is important to DNA synthesis.
Topics
- phosphodiester bond
- ester bond
- phosphate group
- 3’ hydroxyl
- deprotonate
- nucleotide
- nucleophilic attack
- deprotonated 3’ hydroxyl
- alpha phosphate
- electrophile
- leaving group
- pyrophosphate
- thermodynamically