what is the five-carbon sugar of dna?

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what is the five-carbon sugar of dna?

2007-05-17 03:55:01 · 2 answers · asked by cherry 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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deoxyribose

2007-05-17 03:57:16 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

Deoxyribose
The deoxyribose sugar in DNA is a pentose, a five-carbon sugar. Four carbons and an oxygen make up the five-membered ring; the other carbon branches off the ring.
(The sugar component of DNA, having one less hydroxyl group than ribose, the sugar component of RNA).

2007-05-17 11:21:32 · answer #2 · answered by rhea 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋