Deoxy sugar
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Comparison of the chemical structures of ribose (top) and deoxyribose (bottom). |
Deoxy sugars [1] are sugars that have had a hydroxyl group replaced with a hydrogen atom.
Examples include:
- Deoxyribose, or 2-deoxy-D-ribose, a constituent of DNA
- Fucose, or 6-deoxy-L-galactose, main component of fucoidan of brown algae, and present in N-linked glycans
- Rhamnose, or 6-deoxy-L-mannose, present in plant glycosides
References
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External links
- Deoxy Sugars at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Overview at qmul.ac.uk
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