..... Click the link for more information. of universal distribution in living tissue, found in ribonucleic acid (RNA; see nucleic acid nucleic acid, any of a group of organic substances found in the chromosomes of living cells and viruses that play a central role in the storage and replication of hereditary information and in the expression of this information through protein synthesis.
..... Click the link for more information. ), free nucleotides nucleotide , organic substance that serves as a monomer in forming nucleic acids. Nucleotides consist of either a purine or a pyrimidine base, a ribose or deoxyribose, and a phosphate group.
..... Click the link for more information. , and various coenzymes coenzyme , any one of a group of relatively small organic molecules required for the catalytic function of certain enzymes. A coenzyme may either be attached by covalent bonds to a particular enzyme or exist freely in solution, but in either case it participates
..... Click the link for more information. . Its close relative, deoxyribose, is a constituent of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA); ribose has one more oxygen atom in its molecule than deoxyribose. Some of the best procedures for the laboratory preparation of ribose involve the hydrolysis of yeast nucleic acid.
ribose
Five-carbon sugar found in RNA. (In DNA the corresponding sugar is the closely related deoxyribose.) A ribose molecule combined with adenine, guanine, cytosine, or uracil forms a nucleoside; adding a phosphate group forms a nucleotide. The ribose of one nucleotide joins with the phosphate of the next to form the RNA backbone. Ribose phosphates are components of various coenzymes and are used by microorganisms in synthesizing histidine.
ribose [′rī‚bōs]
Ribose
A water-soluble pentose, also known as d -ribose (see first structural formula), which, together with 2-deoxy- d -ribose, makes up the carbohydrate constituents of nucleic acids, which are found in all living organisms. The universal occurrence of nucleic acids in all living cells makes this pentose highly interesting to biochemists and biologists. The type of nucleic acid that yields d -ribose is referred to as ribonucleic acid (RNA). d -Ribose is a constituent not only of the nucleic acids, but also of several vitamins and coenzymes. As in the nucleic acids, this sugar occurs in the furanose
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Ribose
a monosaccharide belonging to a group of pentoses (aldopentoses). Ribose exists as optically active D-ribose and L-ribose and as an inactive racemate. Ribose crystals are readily soluble in water. The melting point for D-ribose is 86°–87°C. Ribose characteristically has a high (8.5 percent) acyclic (aldehyde) content in solution. D-ribose is found in all living organisms. It is a component of the most important compounds that effect the transfer of information and energy in cells; these compounds include ribonucleic acids, nucleosides, mononucleotides and dinucleotides. Some coenzymes and bacterial polysaccharides also contain D-ribose.
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