A pentose is:

Answer

A 5-carbon sugar.

Rationale

A pentose is a monosaccharide composed of five carbon atoms, with ribose and deoxyribose being the most biologically significant examples, forming the sugar-phosphate backbone in RNA and DNA, respectively.

Answer choices

• A. Pentateuch.

• B. A 5-carbon sugar.

  A pentose is a monosaccharide composed of five carbon atoms, with ribose and deoxyribose being the most biologically significant examples, forming the sugar-phosphate backbone in RNA and DNA, respectively.

• C. One of the bases of the base pairs in DNA and RNA.

• D. Found in DNA and not RNA.