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ri·bose

(rī′bōs′)

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)

(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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ribose - a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid

carbohydrate, 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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