Question

What is the basic difference between ribose & deoxyribose sugar?

Answer 1

${ \mathfrak{ \red{ \underline{Ribose \: sugar}}}}$

• Ribose is a simple sugar and carbohydrate with molecular formula C₅H₁₀O₅ and the linear-form composition H−−(CHOH)₄−H.

• Itis a pentose sugar.

• Itis found in RNA in living organism

• Ribose has a hydroxyl group (OH) on carbon 2.

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${ \mathfrak{ \red{ \underline{Deoxyribose \: sugar}}}}$

• Deoxyribose is the five- carbon sugar molecule that helps form the phosphate backbone of DNA molecules.

• It is a aldopentose sugar

• It is found in DNA

• Deoxyribose is without an oxygen on carbon 2 (H).

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Answer 2

Answer:

Ribose is a simple sugar and carbohydrate with molecular formula C₅H₁₀O₅ and the linear-form composition H−−(CHOH)₄−H.

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