Identify the sugar molecule involved in polynucleotide formation.

Identify the sugar molecule involved in polynucleotide formation.
  1. Tetrose
  2. Triose
  3. Hexose
  4. Pentose

Solution

Pentose Sugar is the component of the nucleotides. The sugar present in RNA is $\beta-\mathrm{D}$ - ribose and in DNA is $\beta-\mathrm{D}-$ deoxyribose.

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (10 Aug Shift 1)

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