Five-carbon sugar in the context of "Phosphorylation"

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⭐ Core Definition: Five-carbon sugar

In chemistry, a pentose is a monosaccharide (simple sugar) with five carbon atoms. The chemical formula of many pentoses is C
₅H
₁₀O
₅, and their molecular weight is 150.13 g/mol.

Pentoses are very important in biochemistry. Ribose is a constituent of RNA, and the related molecule, deoxyribose, is a constituent of DNA. Phosphorylated pentoses are important products of the pentose phosphate pathway, most importantly ribose 5-phosphate (R5P), which is used in the synthesis of nucleotides and nucleic acids.

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⭐ Core Definition: Five-carbon sugar
Five-carbon sugar in the context of Pentosan

Five-carbon sugar in the context of Pentosan

Pentosans are polymers composed of pentoses. In contrast to cellulose, which is composed of hexose (glucose) monomers, pentosans are derived from five-carbon sugars such as xylose. Pentosan-rich biomass is the precursor to furfural.

The pentosan content has been determined for many natural materials:

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