What are two carbohydrates found in nucleic acids?

Answer 1

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Nucleic acids typically contain one carbohydrate, which is the five-carbon aldose sugar known as ribose.

There is a ribose sugar in RNA.

When the hydroxyl group on the second carbon of Ribose is removed, 2~-dexoyribose is produced; it is still Ribose, but it does not have an OH group at carbon 2. This sugar is what is used in DNA.

While both sugars are ribose, they are not the same in terms of structure; RNA has a ribose sugar and DNA has a 2-deoxyribose sugar.

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Answer 2

Sebastian Alvarez

The two carbohydrates found in nucleic acids are the 5-carbon sugars deoxyribose and ribose.

The sugar deoxyribose is found in DNA (deoxyribo nucleic acid), and the sugar ribose is found in RNA (ribo nucleic acid).

Deoxyribose has one less oxygen atom in the molecule than ribose, hence de-oxy.

The molecular formula for deoxyribose is #"C"_5"H"_10"O"_4"#, and the molecular formula for ribose is #"C"_5"H"_10"O"_5"#. Note that the formula for deoxyribose has one less oxygen atom than ribose.

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Answer 3

Oliver Antoine

Deoxyribose and Ribose.

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