The Sugar in RNA Nucleotides is ____

Question

The sugar in RNA nucleotides is ____.
A) dextrose
B) sucrose
C) glucose
D) ribose
E) deoxyribose

Accepted Answer

The sugar in RNA nucleotides is ribose. Ribose is a five-carbon sugar that contains a hydroxyl group (-OH) on each carbon, and is the sugar component of RNA nucleotides. The other answer choices are different types of sugars, but they are not found in RNA nucleotides.