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)

(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

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

Anagrams

Robies, oribés

French

Noun

ribose m (plural riboses)

ribose

Further reading

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

Lithuanian

Noun

ribosè

locative plural of ribà (“boundary”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(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)

(biochemistry) ribose (a naturally occurring pentose sugar)

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