Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 6th Edition

Published by W.H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1-42923-414-8
ISBN 13: 978-1-42923-414-6

Chapter 8 - Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids - Problems - Page 309: 8

Answer

A ribose ring can be opened without base, to generate the non-cyclic aldehyde form. And the loss of base-stacking interaction, could give significant flexibility to the DNA backbone.

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