THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
STRUCTURE OF NUCLEIC ACIDS
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Question
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What sugar is found in RNA?
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Ribose
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Fructose
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Glucose
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Deoxyribose
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -ribose, also called D-ribose, five-carbon sugar found in RNA (ribonucleic acid), where it alternates with phosphate groups to form the “backbone” of the RNA polymer and binds to nitrogenous bases.
Detailed explanation-2: -The sugar moiety in RNA is -D-ribose.
Detailed explanation-3: -An RNA molecule has a backbone made of alternating phosphate groups and the sugar ribose, rather than the deoxyribose found in DNA. Attached to each sugar is one of four bases: adenine (A), uracil (U), cytosine (C) or guanine (G).
Detailed explanation-4: -RNA contains ribose (pentose) sugar.
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