Riboside
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A riboside is any glycoside
of ribose
. Ribosides in the form of ribonucleoside
s and ribonucleotide
s play an important role in biochemistry.
Glycoside
In chemistry, a glycoside is a molecule in which a sugar is bound to a non-carbohydrate moiety, usually a small organic molecule. Glycosides play numerous important roles in living organisms. Many plants store chemicals in the form of inactive glycosides. These can be activated by enzyme...
of ribose
Ribose
Ribose is an organic compound with the formula C5H10O5; specifically, a monosaccharide with linear form H––4–H, which has all the hydroxyl groups on the same side in the Fischer projection....
. Ribosides in the form of ribonucleoside
Ribonucleoside
A ribonucleoside is a type of nucleoside including ribose as a component.An example is cytidine....
s and ribonucleotide
Ribonucleotide
A ribonucleotide or ribotide is a nucleotide in which a purine or pyrimidine base is linked to a ribose molecule and exactly one phosphate group. In living organisms the most common bases for ribonucleotides are adenine , guanine , cytosine , or uracil ....
s play an important role in biochemistry.