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ribose

ribose

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A sugar that is part of RNA in cells
  • noun
  • /ˈraɪboʊs/
  • Specialized
: ribosa
  • Of these, only a few play any significant role in human nutrition, primarily glucose, fructose, and galactose (ribose, a sugar that forms the backbone of DNA and RNA, also plays a minor nutritional role).
  • ribose sugar
  • ribose in RNA
  • D-ribose

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Examples

  • In the process of creating RNA, ribose plays an essential role as a sugar component.

  • In terms of fundamental research, researchers know that the poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation mechanism is reversible and is closely regulated by poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG).

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  • So P alpha is next door to the ribose of the new there.

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  • Consider adenine, which has lots of different unshared pairs on the nitrogen, right, and ribose, a sugar.

  • The gold is the backbone ribose and phosphates of all of those RNAs.

  • Zidovudine is a dideoxynucleoside, a structure that lacks a hydroxyl group on the 3' position in the ribose ring.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Lamivudine (figure) differs in structure from the four other drugs in that it contains an oxathiolanyl group rather than a ribose group.

    Academic text (2000)

  • In this mechanism, some molecules (PARPs) detect DNA breaks and cause poly(ADP-ribose) synthesis that binds with proteins, thus initializing the lesion repair system.

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  • Ribose is a vital sugar that forms part of ribose nucleic acid (RNA).

  • Scientists study ribose because it is crucial for the synthesis of RNA molecules.

Surface Forms

ribose singular
riboses plural

Morphology

ribose = ribo + ose

Although '-ose' is a specialized chemical suffix meaning 'sugar', it and the combining form 'ribo-' are not productive or familiar to an average B1 learner, so the relation is not guessable from common vocabulary.

Etymology

The word ribose comes from the chemical prefix ribo-, which names a five-carbon 'sugar' used in living things. That ribo- appears in RNA, so a helpful way to remember it is that ribose is the sugar that helps make up RNA.