ribose

ribose

See also: Ribose

English

Etymology

From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of 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 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, oribés

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French

Noun

ribose m (plural riboses)

1. ribose

Further reading

• “ribose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Portuguese

Noun

ribose f (usually uncountable, plural riboses)

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