What are pentoses and their roles in DNA and RNA?

by Michael BAKIL
(Papua New Guinea)

The pentose sugar of RNA is called ribose. If an oxygen atom is removed then ribose is changed to deoxyribose, the pentose sugar of DNA. Conventional numbering of the carbon atoms (1’- 5’) begins with the C-OH.

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