Suggest a reason for the rather large energy overkill in inserting a deoxyribonucleotide into a growing DNA

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Suggest a reason for the rather large energy “overkill” in inserting a deoxyribonucleotide into a growing DNA molecule. (About 15 kcal mol–1 is used in forming a phosphate ester bond that actually requires only about a third as much energy.)

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Biochemistry

ISBN: 9781305961135

9th Edition

Authors: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal

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