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What is a Deoxyribose?
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Deoxyribose is a 5-carbon sugar that is found in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). It is a type of pentose sugar, which means that it has five carbon atoms. Deoxyribose is similar to ribose, which is found in ribonucleic acid (RNA), but it lacks a hydroxyl group on the 2' carbon atom. This difference in structure gives deoxyribose a slightly different chemical reactivity than ribose.
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