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
- Fuculose, or 6-deoxy-L-tagatose, one of the important components of avian influenza virus particles
- Rhamnose, or 6-deoxy-L-mannose, present in plant glycosides
References
- ↑ "Deoxy sugars". Nature Publishing Group. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
External links
- Deoxy+Sugars at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Overview at qmul.ac.uk
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