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Ribose is a 5-carbon [[Monosaccharide|monosaccharide]] with the [[Molecular formula|molecular formula]] C<sub>5</sub>H<sub>10</sub>O<sub>5</sub>. It is found as two [[Enantiomers|enantiomers]], D-Ribose or L-Ribose but the former is commonly found in nature. Structurally, it is an aldopentose with an [[Aldehyde|aldehyde]] group on carbon-1. It can form a [[Furanose|furanose]] ring when the C-1 aldehyde group reacts with the C-4&nbsp;[[Hydroxyl group|hydroxyl group]] to form either α-ribose or β-ribose <ref>Jeremy M Berg, John L. Tymoczko, Lubert Stryer, (2011), Biochemistry. 7th edition, New York,USA W. H. Freeman</ref>. Although similar to [[Deoxyribose sugar|deoxyribose]] which is found in [[DNA|DNA]], it contains a hydroxyl group on carbon-2 instead of a hydrogen atom only. A key component in [[Ribonucleic acid|RNA]], it forms a N-glycosidic bond with a [[Nitrogenous base|nitrogenous base]] on the 1’ carbon and a [[Phosphodiester bond|phosphodiester linkage]] on the 5’ carbon&nbsp;<ref>Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter (2014), Molecular Biology of the Cell. 6th edition, New York and Abingdon, Garland Science</ref><span style="font-size: 13.28px;">. Ribose is used in producing different types of RNAs such as </span>[[MRNA|messenger RNA]]<span style="font-size: 13.28px;"> (mRNA),&nbsp;</span>[[TRNA|transfer RNA]]<span style="font-size: 13.28px;"> (tRNA),&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13.28px;">and small nuclear RNA (snRNA),&nbsp;</span><span style="font-size: 13.28px;">including </span>[[ATP|adenosine triphosophate]]<span style="font-size: 13.28px;"> (ATP) and </span>[[GTP|guanosine triphosphate]]<span style="font-size: 13.28px;"> (GTP), both of which are sources for energy.&nbsp;</span> 

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