RIBOSE

Ribose

Ribose is an organic compound with the formula C5H10O5; specifically, a monosaccharide with linear form H−−4−H, which has all the hydroxyl groups on the same side in the Fischer projection.

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ribose

Noun

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


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