Which sugar is present in RNA?

β-D-ribose

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β-D-fructose

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β-D-galactose

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β-D-2-deoxyribose

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Solution

The correct option is A β-D-ribose
Nucleic acids are made up of units of pentose sugar, base and phosphoric acid that are linked together to form long chain. The sugar moiety in RNA is β-D-ribose.

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