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it is deoxyribose. there is little difference between ribose and deoxyribose though.

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The five carbon sugar found in DNA is deoxyribose with the formula C6H10O4. DNA stands for deoxyribonucleic acid.

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The DNA contains the five-carbon sugar which is known as deoxyribose. This is also referred to as a pentose sugar.

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Deoxyribose (as in DeoxyriboNucleic Acid)

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Found my answer: Deoxyribose

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wassup cuuuh.

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deoxyribose

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Deoxyribose

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pentose sugar

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Q: What is the 5-carbon sugar found in a nucleotide?
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Is deoxyribose and uracil found in a DNA nucleotide?

No. Deoxyribose is the sugar in a DNA nucleotide. A DNA nucleotide would also include a phosphate group and a nitrogen base.


What combination would be found in a nucleotide?

base, sugar, phosphoric acid


What are the building blocks of nucleic acid's call?

nucleotides, which consist of a 5carbon sugar, a phosphate group and a nitrogenous base


How does the sugar in the DNA in nucleotide differ from that of an RNA Nucleotide?

The sugar in a DNA nucleotide contains one less oxygen atom.


How does the sugar in a DNA nucleotide differ from that on an RNA nucleotide?

The sugar in a DNA nucleotide contains one less oxygen atom.


How does the sugar in a DNA nucleotide differ from that in a RNA nucleotide?

The sugar in a DNA nucleotide contains one less oxygen atom.


How does the sugar in a DNA nucleotide differ from of an RNA nucleotide?

The sugar in a DNA nucleotide contains one less oxygen atom.


Subunit of DNA consisting of a nitrogeneous base a sugar and a phosphate group?

nucleotide = in a nucleic-acid chain, a subunit that consists of a sugar, a phosphate, and a nitrogenous base. The subunit in a nucleic acid chain that consists of a sugar a phosphate and a nitrogenous base is a nucleotide.


How is RNA nucleotide and DNA nucleotide alike?

we can say they are same consist of sugar& nitrogen base &phosphate group butDNA nucleotide has deoxyribose sugar (mean 5 carbon rings sugar which we took one hydrogen atom from the ring) and RNA nucleotide has ribose sugar(mean 5 carbon sugar).


What is part of the nucleotide?

The sugar


What is a combination of a sugar a phosphate group and a nitrogen base?

Nucleotide


How does the sugar in a DNA nucleotide different from that of an RNA nucleotides?

The sugar in a DNA nucleotide contains one less oxygen atom.