Which of the following biomolecules does have a phosphodiester bond?
- Amino acids in a polypeptide
- Nucleotides in a nucleic acid
- Fatty acids in a diglyceride
- Monosaccharides in a polysaccharide
Answer
(2) Nucleotides in a nucleic acid
Solution
As per NCERT, in a nucleic acid a phosphate moiety links the 3′-carbon of the sugar of one nucleotide to the 5′-carbon of the sugar of the succeeding nucleotide; the bond between the phosphate and the hydroxyl group of the sugar is an ester bond, and as there is one such ester bond on either side, it is called a phosphodiester bond.
⇒ Amino acids in a polypeptide are linked by peptide bonds, fatty acids in a glyceride by ester bonds and monosaccharides in a polysaccharide by glycosidic bonds.
Answer: (2)