RIBOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ribose mean? 

• RIBOSE (noun)
  The noun RIBOSE has 1 sense:

1. a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid

  Familiarity information: RIBOSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIBOSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("ribose" is a kind of...):

carbohydrate; saccharide; sugar (an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain)

Holonyms ("ribose" is a substance of...):

ribonucleic acid; RNA ((biochemistry) a long linear polymer of nucleotides found in the nucleus but mainly in the cytoplasm of a cell where it is associated with microsomes; it transmits genetic information from DNA to the cytoplasm and controls certain chemical processes in the cell)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes caspase-3 protein, is involved in the activation of caspase-dependent apoptosis via proteolytic cleavage of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase as well as caspases 6, 7 and 9.

(CASP3 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

A small molecule inhibitor of the nuclear enzyme poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) with potential chemosensitizing, radiosensitizing, and antineoplastic activities.

(Olaparib, NCI Thesaurus)

Ribose is also used to make nucleotides for RNA and DNA.

(Oxidative Reactions of the Pentose Phosphate Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

An orally available small molecule inhibitor of the nuclear enzymes poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) 1 and 2, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(PARP 1/2 Inhibitor E7449, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride form of cytarabine, an antimetabolite analogue of cytidine with a modified sugar moiety (arabinose instead of ribose).

(Cytarabine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in both signal transduction and the metabolism of ADP-ribose.

(CD38 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes ADP-ribosyl cyclase 1 protein, plays a role in both intracellular signaling and processing of ADP-ribose.

(CD38 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

An antimetabolite analogue of cytidine with a modified sugar moiety (arabinose instead of ribose).

(Cytarabine, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is indole negative, ferments cellobiose, glucose, mannose and maltose but not ribose and does not reduce nitrate.

(Clostridium oceanicum, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also inhibits poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases, enzymes involved in the rejoining of DNA strand breaks induced by radiation or chemotherapy.

(Niacinamide, NCI Thesaurus)