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deoxyribose

deoxyribose

English

Noun

deoxyribose ‎(countable and uncountable, plural deoxyriboses)

(biochemistry) A derivative of the pentose sugar ribose in which the 2' hydroxyl (-OH) is reduced to a hydrogen (H); it is a constituent of the nucleotides that constitute the biopolymer, deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA.

Alternative forms

desoxyribose

Translations

derivative of ribose

Afrikaans: deoksiribose
Catalan: desoxiribosa
Chinese:

Cantonese: 脫氧核糖, 脱氧核糖 ‎(tyut³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴), 去氧核糖 ‎(heoi³ joeng⁵ hat⁶ tong⁴)

Mandarin: 脫氧核糖 (zh), 脱氧核糖 (zh) ‎(tuōyǎng hétáng), 去氧核糖 ‎(qùyǎng hétáng)
Danish: deoxyribose
Dutch: deoxyribose
French: désoxyribose (fr)

German: Desoxyribose
Italian: deossiribosio m
Japanese: デオキシリボース ‎(deokishiribōsu)
Portuguese: desoxirribose
Romanian: dezoxiriboză
Russian: дезоксирибоза ‎(dezoksiriboza)
Spanish: desoxirribosa f
Swedish: deoxiribos (sv)