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boʊs noun Biochemistry.
a white, crystalline, water-soluble, slightly sweet solid, C 5 H 1 0 O 5 , a pentose sugar obtained by the hydrolysis of RNA.
Origin:
1890–95; < German Ribose, earlier Ribonsäure, equivalent to Ribon (from Arabinose arabinose, by arbitrary rearrangement and shortening) + Säure acid
1890–95; < German Ribose, earlier Ribonsäure, equivalent to Ribon (from Arabinose arabinose, by arbitrary rearrangement and shortening) + Säure acid
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| biochem a pentose sugar that is an isomeric form of arabinose and that occurs in RNA and riboflavin. Formula: CH2OH(CHOH)3CHO | |
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ribose
1892, from Ger. Ribose (1891), shortened and arbitrarily rearranged from Eng. arabinose (c.1880), a sugar which is so called because it is formed from gum arabic.
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Medical Dictionary
ribose ri·bose (rī'bōs')
n.
A pentose sugar occurring as a component of riboflavin, nucleotides, and nucleic acids.
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Science Dictionary
| ribose (rī'bōs') Pronunciation Key
A pentose sugar with a furanose structure that occurs as a component of riboflavin and RNA. Chemical formula: C5H10O5. |
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Example sentences
Each nucleotide consists of a nitrogenous base, a ribose sugar, and a phosphate.
In one notable case, an entire set of genes required for growth on the sugar ribose were deleted.
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