ribitol
Sign in to saveRibitol, or adonitol, is a crystalline pentose alcohol (C5H12O5) formed by the reduction of ribose. It occurs naturally in the plant Adonis vernalis as well as in the cell walls of some Gram-positive bacteria, in the form of ribitol phosphate, in teichoic acids. It also forms part of the chemical structure of riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide (FMN), which is a nucleotide coenzyme used by many enzymes, the so-called flavoproteins.
Research
1,084 papers- Enzyme assay of ribitol xylosyltransferase 1 (RXYLT1).2021
- Ribitol treatment rescues dystroglycanopathy mice with common L276I mutation.PloS one · 2025
- CDP-ribitol prodrug treatment ameliorates ISPD-deficient muscular dystrophy mouse model.Nature communications · 2022
- Ribitol-phosphate-a newly identified posttranslational glycosylation unit in mammals: structure, modification enzymes and relationship to human diseases.Journal of biochemistry · 2018
- Glycosylation with ribitol-phosphate in mammals: New insights into the O-mannosyl glycan.Biochimica et biophysica acta. General subjects · 2017
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Ribitol, or adonitol, is a crystalline pentose alcohol (C5H12O5) formed by the reduction of ribose. It occurs naturally in the plant Adonis vernalis as well as in the cell walls of some Gram-positive bacteria, in the form of ribitol phosphate, in teichoic acids. It also forms part of the chemical structure of riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide (FMN), which is a nucleotide coenzyme used by many enzymes, the so-called flavoproteins.
Ribitol is one of four stereoisomers having the formula : D-arabitol and L-arabitol Ribitol (non-chiral) Xylitol (non-chiral)
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