Pentose

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Pentose is a five carbon simple carbohydrate (monosaccharide). An example of a pentose sugar would be ribose in RNA and deoxyribose in DNA.

References

Breg J M., Tymoczko J L and Stryer L., (2011) Biochemistry, New York: W. H. Freemand and Company