Deoxyribose (Noun)
Meaning
A sugar that is a constituent of nucleic acids.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The five-carbon sugar found in the nucleotides that make up DNA is deoxyribose.
- DNA molecules contain a long chain of deoxyribose sugar molecules that make up the backbone.
- Each nucleotide is composed of a deoxyribose molecule attached to a nitrogenous base.
- In the nucleotides that form the basis of DNA, the deoxyribose molecule serves as the pentose component.
- A distinctive characteristic of deoxyribose is that it has one fewer oxygen atom than its close relative ribose.