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Ribose is indeed a pentose sugar. A ribose molecule has 5 carbons and this is what classifies it as a pentose. (Note, for comparison with the sugar found in DNA, that deoxyribose is also a pentose.)
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 9y agoMonosaccharides are the most basic unit of carbohydrates. Ribose is a very important monosaccharide that is used for the construction of RNA.
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∙ 13y agoYes deoxyribose is a monosaccharide and is formed when oxygen is removed from the 5-carbon sugar, ribose. Hence the term deoxy (without oxygen or the removal of oxygen)
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∙ 12y agoNo. Ribose and deoxyribose are monosaccharides.
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∙ 14y agoIs ribose a carbohydrate?
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∙ 11y agono. it is a monosaccharide.
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∙ 13y agoA monosaccharide.
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∙ 11y agoYes. Yes it is.
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What are two monosaccharides that will make the disaccharide sucrose?
Fructose and glucose are found in sucrose.
What sugar replaces deoxyribose in RNA?
In RNA, there is ribose that replaces deoxyribose.
What sugars is in RNA?
Ribose is the sugar. ribose sugar which is pentose sugar
What is the 5 carbon sugar of rna?
ribose is the sugar that is in DNA and it is what connects the base pairs to the backbone of the dna
What sugar is found in RNA?
Ribose ribose
What is a disaccharide fructose glucose sucrose ribose none of these structures is correct?
sucrose is disaccharide
What is a disaccharide glycogen glucose ribose sucrose or fructose?
sucrose
What are two monosaccharides that will make the disaccharide sucrose?
Fructose and glucose are found in sucrose.
What sugar does ADP contain?
Ribose is the sugar found in both ATP and ADP.
RNA contains which sugar?
ribose
What five carbon sugar is found in the RNA?
ribose sugar
What is the name of sugar molecule in RNA?
Ribose sugar
What sugar replaces deoxyribose in RNA?
In RNA, there is ribose that replaces deoxyribose.
What sugars is in RNA?
Ribose is the sugar. ribose sugar which is pentose sugar
Is ribose a polysaccharide?
No. ribose is a monosaccharide
Is lactose a polysaccharide or a disaccharide?
Disaccharide
What is the 5 carbon sugar of rna?
ribose is the sugar that is in DNA and it is what connects the base pairs to the backbone of the dna
