
Please note that:
1) The raw material needed is a nucleoside TRIphosphate. But the monomer that is eventually making up the polynucleotide chain (polymer) is a nucleotide (aka nucleoside MONOphosphate).
2) This is NOT a condensation reaction as NO water molecule is evolved. Instead, pyrophosphate is evolved.
Is the phosphate group in nucleotides polar?
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Yes it is. Just like how the phosphate head of phospholipids are polar :)
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