Pentose Sugars

The pentose sugars ribose and deoxyribose are part of the nucleotides that make up the crucial nucleic acids like DNA and RNA .

The highlighted area shows the difference between the two sugars.

This sketch indicates how a sugar binds with a phosphate and a nitrogenous base to form a nucleotide.

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