Question

True or false? nucleotides can be broken apart from a single strand of rna by hydrolysis reactions.

Answer 1

True

Step-by-step explanation:

Nucleotides are the fundamental building blocks of nucleic acids which are RNA and DNA.

They contain ribose sugar in RNA and deoxyribose in DNA, phosphate group and nitrogenous base.

RNA hydrolysis is type of reaction in which a phosphodiester bond that is present in sugar-phosphate backbone of RNA breaks , thereby joining to RNA molecule. This RNA are normally chemically unstable compared to that of DNA which are stable with 2 OH group.

Answer 2

The statement above is TRUE.
RNA hydrolysis is a reaction in which a phosphodiester bond in the sugar phosphate backbone of RNA is broken, thus cleaving the RNA molecule.
This reaction is made possible in RNA because the ribose sugar in RNA has hydroxyl group at the two prime position.