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Pentose is a five carbon simple carbohydrate (monosaccharide)<ref>Breg J M., Tymoczko J L and Stryer L., (2011) Biochemistry, New York: W. H. Freemand and Company</ref>. An example of a pentose sugar would be ribose in RNA and deoxyribose in DNA. | Pentose is a five carbon simple carbohydrate ([[monosaccharide|monosaccharide]])<ref>Breg J M., Tymoczko J L and Stryer L., (2011) Biochemistry, New York: W. H. Freemand and Company</ref>. An example of a pentose sugar would be [[ribose|ribose]] in [[RNA|RNA]] and [[deoxyribose|deoxyribose]] in [[DNA|DNA]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:51, 30 November 2012
Pentose is a five carbon simple carbohydrate (monosaccharide)[1]. An example of a pentose sugar would be ribose in RNA and deoxyribose in DNA.
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- ↑ Breg J M., Tymoczko J L and Stryer L., (2011) Biochemistry, New York: W. H. Freemand and Company