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The sugar in DNA is 2-deoxyribose, a pentose sugar (meaning it has 5 carbons).

Deoxyribose is a 5 carbon pentose which has one less oxygen molecule compared to pentose ribose. Deoxyribose is found in DNA

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Desoxyribose Nucleic Acid, in which desoxyribose is the 'sugar' part

(with idealized formula: H-(C=O)-(CH2)-(CHOH)3-H, one of four possible penta-aldose isomers).

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DNA is made up of a sugar group and a phosphate group being repeated. The sugar present is deoxyribose and the phosphate present is attached to the sugar. The sugar group is a 5 member ring containing 4 carbons and 1 oxygen.

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Deoxyribose is the sugar found in the DNA molecule. It is a five-carbon sugar that forms the backbone of the DNA double helix structure.

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Deoxyribose, hence its name.

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glucose

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Deoxyribose

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