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What is the difference between the ribose and deoxyribose pentose sugars?
The pentose sugar in DNA is called deoxyribose, and in RNA, the sugar is ribose. The difference between the sugars is the presence of the hydroxyl group on the 2′ carbon of the ribose and its absence on the 2′ carbon of the deoxyribose
What is the difference between deoxyribose and ribose quizlet?
ribose is a pentose sugar, whereas deoxyribose is a hexose sugar. deoxyribose is found in RNA, whereas ribose is found in DNA. ribose binds a phosphate at the 3u2032 position, whereas deoxyribose binds a phosphate at the 2u2032 position. deoxyribose has one less oxygen molecule than ribose.
What is the function of ribose and deoxyribose?
Ribose and its related compound, deoxyribose, are the building blocks of the backbone chains in nucleic acids, better known as DNA and RNA. Ribose is used in RNA and deoxyribose is used in DNA. The deoxy- designation refers to the lack of an alcohol, -OH, group as will be shown in detail further down.
Why does DNA have deoxyribose instead of ribose?
Because it is more stable it is more suited to storing genetic sequences with less degradation than RNA.
