Explanation of pentoses

Give a brief explanation of pentoses? To which organic group do pentoses belong? Are nucleotides formed of only one form of the pentose?

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Pentoses are carbohydrates which are made of five carbons. Deoxyribose is pentose which constitutes DNA nucleotides and ribose is pentose which is part of the RNA nucleotides.

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