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  4. The pentose sugar in DNA and RNA has the

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Q. The pentose sugar in $DNA$ and $RNA$ has the

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Ribose and deoxyribose are $5$ carbon sugars which are found in RNA and DNA. They have a furanose structure that is a $5$ membered ring system with $4$ carbon atoms and one oxygen atom.