Suppose That the Dinucleotide in the Accompanying Figure Were Cleaved

question 43

Short Answer

Suppose that the dinucleotide in the accompanying figure were cleaved with the
enzyme spleen diesterase, which breaks the covalent bond connecting the phosphate to C -5'. After such cleavage, to which nucleoside is the phosphate now attached?

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