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At what number carbon does the phosphate group connect to the sugar?.
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At what number carbon does the phosphate group connect to the sugar?.

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The phosphate group attached to the 5' carbon of the sugar on one nucleotide forms an ester bond with the free hydroxyl on the 3' carbon of the next nucleotide.

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