Q3. A base is attached at the first position of sugar moiety in the nucleoside. A nucleotide is formed by linking the phosphoric acid unit to the sugar unit of the nucleoside. At which position of the sugar unit is the phosphoric acid linked in a nucleoside to give a nucleotide?
Answer: Phosphoric acid is linked at the fifth position of the nucleoside’s sugar moiety to give a nucleotide.
