BIOLOGY
STRUCTURE OF PROTEINS
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Question
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What kind of sugar is found in DNA?
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Glucose
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Fructose
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Sucrose
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Deoxyribose
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The pentose sugar present in DNA is ribose .
Detailed explanation-2: -DNA consists of a pair of chains of a sugar-phosphate backbone linked by pyrimidine and purine bases to form adouble helix (Fig. 96.1). The sugar in DNA is deoxyribose. The pyrimidines are cytosine (C) and thymine (T); the purines are guanine (G) and adenine (A).
Detailed explanation-3: -The pentose sugar present in DNA is ribose.
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