ribose

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Meaning

1. noun 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.

Similar words

adp diphosphate deoxy ribonucleotide deoxyribose desoxyribose ribopyranose ribosyl ribosugar deoxyribonucleoside

Often followed by

and or is in sugar nucleic moiety phosphate

Word family

riboses