- In chemistry, a
pentose is a
monosaccharide (simple sugar) with five
carbon atoms. The
chemical formula of many
pentoses is C 5H 10O 5, and
their molecular...
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generates NADPH and
pentoses (five-carbon sugars) as well as
ribose 5-phosphate, a
precursor for the
synthesis of nucleotides.
While the
pentose phosphate pathway...
- one G3P as the
product of
fixation of 3 CO 2, with
generation of
three pentoses that can be
converted to Ru5P.[citation needed] R5P is
converted into...
- Bial's test is a
chemical test for the
presence of
pentoses originally developed for the
diagnosis of pentosuria. It is
named after Manfred Bial, a German...
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carbon atom from the end: Trioses:
dihydroxyacetone Tetroses:
erythrulose Pentoses: ribulose,
xylulose Hexoses: fructose, psicose, sorbose,
tagatose Heptoses:...
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Pentosans are
polymers composed of
pentoses. In
contrast to cellulose,
which is
composed of
hexose (glucose) monomers,
pentosans are
derived from five-carbon...
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number of
carbon atom they are
further classified into trioses, tetroses,
pentoses,
hexoses etc.,
which is
further classified in to
aldoses and
ketoses depending...
- with the
nucleoside guanosine. GMP
consists of the
phosphate group, the
pentose sugar ribose, and the
nucleobase guanine;
hence it is a ribonucleotide...
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occurring sugars are in D-form.
Exceptions are the
methyl pentoses L-fucose and L-rhamnose and the
pentose L-arabinose. However,
examples of naturally-occurring...
- from
hexoses are
known as
hexuronic acids and
uronic acids derived from
pentoses are
known as
penturonic acids. Some of
these compounds have
important biochemical...
