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Ribose in rna and deoxyribose in dna differ in the structure around which carbon

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Answered by Swaranjal
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A combination of a base and a sugar is called a nucleoside. Ribose, found in RNA, is a "normal" sugar, with one oxygen atom attached to each carbon atom. Deoxyribose, found in DNA, is a modified sugar, lacking one oxygen atom (hence the name "deoxy").

Answered by ZalimGudiya
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Ribose is differ from deoxyribose by one hydroxyl group . Ribose contains hydroxyl group in C-2 position while deoxyribose doesn't contains hydroxyl, it contains hydrogen in place of hydroxyl group.

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