Deoxyribose is a 5-carbon sugar found in DNA. It has the same general structure as ribose, but is missing a hydroxal group (-OH) at the 2′-carbon in the sugar. Hence, deoxy-, without oxygen.
« Back to Glossary IndexDeoxyribose is a 5-carbon sugar found in DNA. It has the same general structure as ribose, but is missing a hydroxal group (-OH) at the 2′-carbon in the sugar. Hence, deoxy-, without oxygen.
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