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A ribose is a 5-carbon sugar found in RNA, or ribonucleic acid.
Compared to sugars such as glucose, fructose, and galactose, a ribose contains one less carbon. It also contains one more oxygen molecule than deoxyribose, which is another 5-carbon sugar that is found in DNA.
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What kind of sugar is used in RNA?
These are ribose sugars. In DNA, there are deoxyribose sugars. In ribose sugar (pyranose or furanose), we can see H and OH bond to the second carbon other than two carbon bonds.
What are the major difference in food getting between plants and animals?
Plants use photosynthesis. This is where green pigments in a plant's cell called chlorophyll take in sunlight and use carbon dioxide to make sugars (energy). Animals are consumers. They eat other organisms to gain energy.
What are the three parts that make up a DNA molecule called?
DNA molecules are actually made up of nucleotides, which is the substance that is made up of three parts. Each nucleotide has a phosphate, a ribose sugar (five-carbon sugar) and a nitrogeneous base (purines-Adenine,Thymine or pyramidines-Guanine,Cytosine). Consider the DNA molecule as a twisted ladder (double helix). The sides of the ladder are actually the phosphate and ribose sugars, and the rungs of the ladder are complimentary nitrogeneous bases of each other. For example, if one side of the rung is the base Adenine, then the complimentary base will be Thymine, vice versa. It is the same for the pyramidines.
The main difference between the fungi kingdom and the plant kingdom is what?
The main difference between the fungi and plant kingdoms is that fungi absorbs energy from other plants
Are starches and sugars carbohydrates?
Yes; they are what we usually mean by carbohydrates, although there are other carbohydrates that are not starches or sugars.
What kind of sugar is used in RNA?
These are ribose sugars. In DNA, there are deoxyribose sugars. In ribose sugar (pyranose or furanose), we can see H and OH bond to the second carbon other than two carbon bonds.
What is the difference between noncaffinated Pepsi and regular Pepsi other then the caffeine?
It might have 0 carbs, 0 sugars also.
Can the human body digest calories in fruit?
Yes. There is no difference between the calories in fruit and in other foods. Most calories in fruits come from Sugars.
What is an alien nucleic acid?
An alien nucleic acid is an acid composed of bases other than adenine, guanine, thymine, uracil and cytosine and/or sugars other than ribose and deoxyribose - thought to be a clue as to the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
What causes the difference in taste between low fat and regular fat foods?
Sugars,and other things they add to the products Your taste buds is another example and the different things you eat.
Is ribose an isomer?
They are not isomers because isomers have the same chemical formula with a different structure. These have different formulas ribose is C5H10O5 and deoxyribose is C5H10O4. Deoxy actually means that oxygen is removed.
Is glucose part of adenosine diphosphate?
Animals use the energy released in the breakdown of glucose and other molecules to convert adenosine diphosphate to ATP (Adenosine triphosphate).
Is ribose with the oxygen missing component of an amino acid?
Ribose and amino acid is not related. Ribose is the pentose found in RNA, which is a nucleic acid. Amino acid, on the other hand, is the basic building block of proteins.
What is the difference between PCs other computers OSs?
What is the difference between a car and other means of transport? Got it?
What carbohydrate is found in RNA?
The carbohydrate in DNA is deoxyribose.More fully, the name is beta-D-2-deoxyribose.DNA is a polymer of nucleotides. Each nucleotide consists of a phosphate group, a molecule of deoxyribose, and one of four bases.Deoxyribose is a pentose sugar (it has five carbon atoms). In DNA the sugar residue includes a five-membered ring comprising four of the carbons and one oxygen atom. The fifth carbon is attached to one of the other carbons.Deoxyribose takes its name from ribose (the sugar in RNA). Ribose has a hydroxyl group on carbon 2 ( -CHOH- ) but deoxyribose lacks this hydroxyl group and therefore has one oxygen atom fewer than ribose. The DNA carbon 2 (designated 2' in the nucleotide because the numbering begins in the base) carries two hydrogen atoms ( -CH2- ).
What is the difference between cooperative and other business organization?
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Difference between plasma to the other state of matter?
the difference between plasma and the other states of matter is that,plasma is an ionized gas.
