Where does “ribose” come from?
Ribose comes from German Ribose, shortened from German Ribonsäure, a five-carbon sugar found in ribonucleic acid.
ribose (English): A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a...
Definitions
- A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a...
Ancestry of “ribose”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Ribose | ribose |
| 2 | English | arabinose | An aldopentose that occurs most often in... |
| 3 | English | arabin | A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found... |
| 4 | English | arabic | Related to the Arabic language |
| 5 | Latin | arabicus | Arabic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἀραβικός | Arabic, Arab |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἄραψ | Arab; Arabian |
| 8 | Arabic | عَرَب | Arabs; Arab |
| 9 | Arabic | عَرَبَ | to flow sharply |
Words derived from “ribose”
- deoxyribonucleic
- ribonucleic
- ribonuclease
- deoxyribose
- ribosylation
- phosphoribosyl
- phosphoribosyltransferase
- ribosyl
- endoribonuclease
- ribosyltransferase
- exoribonuclease
- desoxyribonucleic
- desoxyribose
- ribosylate
- deoxyribosyl
- deoxyribosyltransferase
- xanthose
- phosphoribose
- ribosylhydrolase
- microribonucleic
- polyadenylribosylpolymerase
- phosphoribosyladenosine
- ribonukleiinihappo
- diphosphoribose