pentose
11Pentose phosphate pathway — The pentose phosphate pathway (also called Phosphogluconate Pathway, or HexoseMonophosphate Shunt [HMP shunt] ) is a process that serves to generate NADPH and the synthesis of pentose (5 carbon) sugars. There are two distinct phases in the… …
12pentose phosphate pathway — a major branching of the Embden Meyerhof pathway of carbohydrate metabolism: a pathway of hexose oxidation in which glucose 6 phosphate undergoes two successive oxidations by NADP, the final one being an oxidative decarboxylation to form a… …
13pentose nucleic acid — noun : any of various nucleic acids yielding a pentose on hydrolysis; especially : ribonucleic acid * * * Biochem. 1. a nucleic acid containing a pentose. 2. See RNA. [1825 35] …
14pentose nucleic acid — Biochem. 1. a nucleic acid containing a pentose. 2. See RNA. [1825 35] * * * …
15pentose — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1890 a monosaccharide C5H10O5 (as ribose) that contains five carbon atoms in the molecule …
16Pentose — Pentosen (von griech. pente fünf) sind Monosaccharide, deren Kohlenstoffgrundgerüst fünf Kohlenstoff Atome enthält. Sie haben alle die Summenformel C5H10O5 und unterscheiden sich durch die Art der Carbonyl Funktion. Handelt es sich um eine Keton… …
17pentose — /pen tohs/, n. Chem. a monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon, as xylose, C5H10O5, or produced from pentosans by hydrolysis. [ < G (1890); see PENT , OSE2] * * * …
18pentose — A monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms in the molecule; e.g., arabinose, lyxose, ribose, xylose, xylulose. p. nucleotide a nucleotide having a p. as the sugar compo …
19Pentose — Pen|to|se 〈f. 19; Chem.〉 aus fünf Kohlenstoffatomen bestehender Zucker, Vertreter der Monosaccharide, Vorkommen in vielen Nukleinen [<grch. pente „fünf“] * * * Pen|to|se [↑ Penta (1) u. ↑ ose (1)], die; , n; veraltetes Syn.: Aldopentose:… …
20Pentose — Pen|to|se 〈f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n; Chemie〉 aus fünf Kohlenstoffatomen bestehender Zucker, Vertreter der Monosaccharide, Vorkommen in vielen Nucleinen [Etym.: <grch. pente »fünf«] …
