If DNA consists of Nitrogen bases that are Adenine, Cytosine, Thymine and Guanine, then why is DNA called Deoxyribonucleic ACID (why is it called an acid)???
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The loss of hydrogen (proton) to a solution makes DNA an acid. DNA is acidic because of the phosphate groups present in the sugar-phosphate backbone. the DNA molecule is double helix strand made of a pentose sugar, phosphate group and nitrogen base. ... This phosphate group provides DNA with acidic nature.
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