ri·bose
(rī′bōs′)n. A pentose sugar, C5H10O5, that is a constituent of RNA and of certain vitamins and coenzymes.
[German, alteration of English
arabinose,
a kind of sugar : (gum) arab(ic) +
-in +
-ose.]
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ribose
(ˈraɪbəʊz; -bəʊs) n (Biochemistry) biochem a pentose sugar that is an isomeric form of arabinose and that occurs in RNA and riboflavin. Formula: CH2OH(CHOH)3CHO
[C20: changed from arabinose]
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ri•bose
(ˈraɪ boʊs)
n. a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C5H10O5, a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
[< German
Ribose, earlier
Ribonsäure (1891) =
Ribon (from
Arabinose arabinose, by arbitrary rearrangement and shortening) +
Säure acid]
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| Noun | 1. | ribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acidcarbohydrate, saccharide, sugar - an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain ribonucleic acid, RNA - (biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell; "ribonucleic acid is the genetic material of some viruses" |
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