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What chemical bond is responsible for the existence of the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA

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The answer is phosphodiester bond.

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The sugar phosphate backbone is an important stuctural component of DNA. It consists of 5-carbon deoxyribose sugars and phosphate groups. These sugars are linked together by a phosphodiester bond, between carbon 4 of their chain, and a CH2 group that is attached to a phosphate

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