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Deoxy sugar

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Deoxy sugar

Deoxy sugars 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

    Deoxy sugar Wikipedia
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