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A pentose sugar is a [[Monosaccharide]] with 5 carbon atoms. Pentose sugars are the deoxyribose sugars, which are part of nucleotides in DNA. | A pentose sugar is a [[Monosaccharide]] with 5 [[carbon|carbon]] atoms. Pentose sugars are the [[deoxyribose sugar|deoxyribose sugars]], which are part of [[nucleotides|nucleotides]] in [[DNA|DNA]] <ref>Berg J., Tymoczko J and Stryer L. (2012) Biochemistry, 7th edition, New York: WH Freeman (p330)</ref>. | ||
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A pentose sugar is a Monosaccharide with 5 carbon atoms. Pentose sugars are the deoxyribose sugars, which are part of nucleotides in DNA [1].
Reference
- ↑ Berg J., Tymoczko J and Stryer L. (2012) Biochemistry, 7th edition, New York: WH Freeman (p330)