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Nucleic acids – sugar component
Concepts tested here
- ribose-deoxyribose
All Questions
2016 1 question
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The correct statement regarding RNA and DNA, respectively is
RNA has ribose; DNA has 2'-deoxyribose.
The sugar unit of DNA is deoxyribose and that of RNA is ribose. C-atoms of the pentose sugar are numbered 1', 2', 3', ... to distinguish them from the C-atoms of the nitrogenous base.