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What molecule is shown in this image?


What molecule is shown in this image? ​-example-1
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Ribose nucleotide monomer

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It shows a nucleic acid monomer. This is apparent because this a 5-carbon cyclic ring with a phosphate molecule bonded to its 5’ carbon and a nitrogenous base bonded to its 1’ carbon. This nucleic acid is the basic unit of RNA because its pentose sugar is a ribose sugar (distinguishable from its 2’ carbon that has an –OH unlike a deoxyribose sugar of DNA that has only -Hs).

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