Ribose Common

Ribose has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid

ribose

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.

See Also

nucleotide phosphoribosylpyrophosphate nucleic acid ribosylhydrolase deribosylation prebiotic organic synthesis uridine arabinoflavin

Related Terms

nucleotide phosphoribosylpyrophosphate nucleic acid ribosylhydrolase deribosylation prebiotic organic synthesis uridine arabinoflavin alien nucleic acid ribosilation ribosylation cytidine adenylic acid xanthose ribofuranose ribo ribosidic guanosine deoxyribose nucleic acid ribopyranose

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

carbohydrate

Rhyming Words

ose cose hose jose oose lose bose dose gose nose tose rose mose yose pose roose noose brose loose whose

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