Nucleotide Diagram With Bonds. The chemical structure of nucleotides is almost the same regardless of whether or not the nucleotide is an rna or dna nucleotide. In polynucleotides the linear polymers of nucleotides the nucleotides are connected to each other by covalent bonds known as phosphodiester bonds or phosphodiester linkages.
Nucleotides are chemical compounds that form the basic structure of nucleic acids like rna and dna. There are four types of bases in dna. The boxed area at the lower left encloses one nucleotide.
The hydrogen bonds are found between the bases of the two strands of nucleotides.
Below is an image of dna. Each nucleotide is made up of a sugar a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base. Nucleotide structure is simple but the structure they can form together is complex. Dna is made up of two nucleotide strands.
