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RNA and DNA are chiral molecules, their chirality is due to
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D-sugar component
The constituents of nucleic acids are nitrogenous bases, sugar and phosphoric acid. The sugar present in DNA is D(-)-2-deoxyribose and the sugar present in RNA is D(-) ribose. Due to these D(-)-sugar components, DNA and RNA molecules are chiral molecules.
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