The structural difference between ribose and deoxyribose is that deoxyribose has a hydrogen atom in place of a hydroxyl group on the 2' carbon.
ribose and deoxyribose differ by a single atom: deoxyribose has an H instead of an OH bonded to its 2´ carbon.
| Front | what is the only structural difference between ribose and deoxyribose? |
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| Back | deoxyribose has an H instead of OH bonded to its 2´ carbon |
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