ribose

See also: Ribose

English

Etymology

From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of English arabinose.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹaɪbəʊz/

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.

Derived terms

• ADP-ribose
• ribose nucleic acid

 

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

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.

Lithuanian

Noun

ribosè

1. locative plural of ribà (“boundary”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbɔ.zi/ [hiˈbɔ.zi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbɔ.zi/ [hiˈbɔ.zi]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbɔ.zi/ [χiˈbɔ.zi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbɔ.ze/ [hiˈbɔ.ze]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁiˈbɔ.zɨ/ [ʁiˈβɔ.zɨ]

• Hyphenation: ri‧bo‧se

Noun

ribose f (usually uncountable, plural riboses)

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