How do you use Phosphodiester in a sentence? See 6 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Phosphodiester meaning
- any of many biologically active compounds in which two alcohols form ester bonds with phosphate
- any phospholipid, such as lecithin, that has two ester groups
Using Phosphodiester
- The main meaning on this page is: any of many biologically active compounds in which two alcohols form ester bonds with phosphate | any phospholipid, such as lecithin, that has two ester groups
- In the example corpus, phosphodiester often appears in combinations such as: phosphodiester bond, phosphodiester bonds.
Context around Phosphodiester
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phosphodiester
- In this selection, "phosphodiester" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, adjacent, final, form, bond, bonds and backbone stand out and add context to how "phosphodiester" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 3 5 phosphodiester linkages which and cleave the phosphodiester backbone. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phosphodiester" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phosphodiester
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Phosphodiester bonds are stronger than hydrogen bonds. (7 words)
Yeast tRNA cyclic phosphodiesterase cleaves the cyclic phosphodiester group to form a 2'-phosphorylated 3' end. (16 words)
The sugars are joined together by phosphate groups that form phosphodiester bonds between the third and fifth carbon atoms of adjacent sugar rings. (23 words)
According to Joyce and Orgel, in case of the phosphate group activation, the basic polymer product would have 5',5'-pyrophosphate linkages, while the 3',5'-phosphodiester linkages, which are present in all known RNA, would be much less abundant. (40 words)
Single-strand breaks are repaired by DNA ligase using the complementary strand of the double helix as a template, citation with DNA ligase creating the final phosphodiester bond to fully repair the DNA. (33 words)
This group makes the molecule less stable because when not constrained in a double helix, the 2' hydroxyl can chemically attack the adjacent phosphodiester bond to cleave the phosphodiester backbone. (30 words)
Example sentences (6)
This group makes the molecule less stable because when not constrained in a double helix, the 2' hydroxyl can chemically attack the adjacent phosphodiester bond to cleave the phosphodiester backbone.
According to Joyce and Orgel, in case of the phosphate group activation, the basic polymer product would have 5',5'-pyrophosphate linkages, while the 3',5'-phosphodiester linkages, which are present in all known RNA, would be much less abundant.
Phosphodiester bonds are stronger than hydrogen bonds.
Single-strand breaks are repaired by DNA ligase using the complementary strand of the double helix as a template, citation with DNA ligase creating the final phosphodiester bond to fully repair the DNA.
The sugars are joined together by phosphate groups that form phosphodiester bonds between the third and fifth carbon atoms of adjacent sugar rings.
Yeast tRNA cyclic phosphodiesterase cleaves the cyclic phosphodiester group to form a 2'-phosphorylated 3' end.
Common combinations with phosphodiester
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: