deoxyribose

English

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Etymology

deoxy- +‎ ribose

Noun

deoxyribose (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that comprise the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.

Alternate spellings

• desoxyribose

Translations

derivative of ribose

Afrikaans: deoksiribose (af) Catalan: desoxiribosa (ca) Danish: deoxyribose (da) Dutch: deoxyribose (nl) French: désoxyribose (fr)

German: Desoxyribose (de) Italian: desossiribosio (it) Japanese: デオキシリボース (ja) (deokishiribōsu) Portuguese: desoxirribose (pt) Romanian: dezoxiriboză (ro) Russian: дезоксирибоза (ru) (dezoksiriboza) Spanish: desoxirribosa (es) f.