1) Spica is the brightest star in the constellation Virgo. 2) Virgo is the mutable earth sign of the western zodiac. 3) Queen Elizabeth I was born on 7 September 1533, and so is a Virgo. 4) The Virgin Mary translates as Virgo Maria in Latin.
Phosphate group: A functional group characterized by a phosphorus atom bonded to four oxygen atoms (three single bonds and one double bond). One of these oxygen atoms must be bonded to another atom; if not, the structure is a phosphate ion. Generic phosphate group molecular structure.
A phosphate group is attached to the 5â carbon position, the carbon atom that is outside the sugar ring. Each nucleotide includes one nitrogenous base, attached to the 1â carbon of the sugar. A nitrogenous base is an organic molecule containing both carbon and nitrogen atoms.