which is the pentose sugar present in DNA?

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Deoxyribose​ is the pentose sugar present in DNA. A pentose sugar is a monosaccharide that contains five carbon atoms in its chain. It can be depicted as:

 

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The pentose sugar present in the DNA is deoxiribose.
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