Question

What is the five carbon sugar found in DNA?

Answer 1

DNA:

1. DNA is a group of molecules that is responsible for carrying and transmitting the hereditary materials or the genetic instructions from parents to offspring.
2. DNA is known as Deoxyribonucleic Acid.

A five-carbon sugar found in the DNA is deoxyribose :

1. It forms the central molecule in a nucleotide.
2. DNA comprises deoxyribose (sugar-phosphate backbone) and the nucleotide bases (guanine, cytosine, adenine, and thymine).