Sugar found in adenosine triphosphate

• RNA component
• A pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid
• Sugar that's a component of RNA
• Monosaccharide in guanosine
• Adenosine component

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context carbohydrate English) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that comprise the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ribose is a carbohydrate with the formula CHO; specifically, it is a pentose monosaccharide (simple sugar ) with linear form H−(C=O)−(CHOH)−H, which has all the hydroxyl groups on the same side in the Fischer projection . The term may refer to either of ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pentose \Pen"tose\, n. [Penta- + -ose.] (Chem.) Any of a group of sugars of the formula C5H10O5 , such as as arabinose or ribose ; -- so called from the five carbon atoms in the molecule. They are not fermented by yeast.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid