How does the DNA subcomponent (circled above) influence the properties of DNA? Deoxyribose forms disulfide bonds with phosphates to give the molecule its helical shape.
Nitrogenous bases bind with each other via peptide bonds to form the backbone of DNA.
Nucleotides form chains to build nucleic acids that carry the code for protein production.
The DNA backbone has side chains that interact with each other to fold into tertiary structures.