dna acidic kyu hota h please give me answerd
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16th Jan, 2021
Dear student,
DNA or Dioxyribonucleic acid is a polymer of nucleotides that are made of sugars, which is a nitrogenous base and phosphate in a same molecule. Now in DNA as the phosphate group is also present as phosphoric acid, so it can donate two protons and is negatively charged (as the remaining proton is lost easily), therefore DNA is acidic in nature
DNA or Dioxyribonucleic acid is a polymer of nucleotides that are made of sugars, which is a nitrogenous base and phosphate in a same molecule. Now in DNA as the phosphate group is also present as phosphoric acid, so it can donate two protons and is negatively charged (as the remaining proton is lost easily), therefore DNA is acidic in nature
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16th Jan, 2021
Hello,
The acidity of DNA is caused by the presence of the phosphate groups which are themselves acidic. These consist of a sugar bound to one of the 4 nucleobases Adenine, Cytosine, Guanine or Thymine (Uracil in the case of RNA) and a phosphate group. Despite the fact that DNA does contain many basic groups, their basic properties are masked somewhat because of the fact that they hydrogen bond with each other to form base pairs. Hence it's the acidic part of the molecule that dominates, and that is why we know DNA as an acid.
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