deoxyribose

A kind of sugar that originated from ribose by replacing a hydroxyl group with hydrogen

Deoxyribose is in your DNA
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by Comedy_archer May 09, 2018

deoxyribose

a sugar derived from ribose by replacement of a hydroxyl group by hydrogen

DNA is made of two linked strands that wind around each other to resemble a twisted ladder — a shape known as a double helix. Each strand has a backbone made of alternating sugar (deoxyribose) and phosphate groups. Attached to each sugar is one of four bases: adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G) or thymine (T).

by bluestinger66 February 25, 2023