ribose

See also: Ribose

English

Etymology

From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English arabinose.

Noun

ribose (plural riboses)

1. (biochemistry) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

Translations

naturally occurring pentose sugar

• Catalan: ribosa f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 核糖 (hat⁶ tong⁴)

  Mandarin: 核糖 (zh) (hétáng)

• Esperanto: ribozo
• French: ribose (fr) m
• Galician: ribosa f
• German: Ribose f
• Hungarian: ribóz
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: ribosio (it) m
• Japanese: リボース (ribōsu)
• Polish: ryboza f
• Portuguese: ribose f
• Russian: рибо́за (ru) f (ribóza)
• Spanish: ribosa f
• Swedish: ribos (sv)
• Thai: ไรโบส
• Turkish: riboz (tr)

See also

• RNA
• ribonucleic acid
• nucleoside
• nucleotide

Anagrams

• Robies

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Portuguese

Noun

1. (biochemistry) ribose (a naturally occurring pentose sugar)