ribonucleoside
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A ribonucleoside is a type of nucleoside including ribose as a component. They are analogous to the nucleosides that, along with a phosphate group, form nucleotides that are the functional units of DNA; however, ribonucleosides are principal components of RNA. These form ribonucleotides with the addition of a phosphate group, which chain to form a molecule of RNA.
Research
100,242 papers- Ribonucleoside Hydrolases-Structure, Functions, Physiological Role and Practical Uses.Biomolecules · 2023
- Detection of ribonucleoside modifications by liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms · 2019
- Synthesis and Catalytic Property of Ribonucleoside-Derived Carbon Dots.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2022
- Untargeted Mutation Triggered by Ribonucleoside Embedded in DNA.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
- Challenges for the development of ribonucleoside analogues as inducers of error catastrophe.Antiviral chemistry & chemotherapy · 2004
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- nucleoside
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- different from
- ribonucleotide
- isomeric SMILES
- OC[C@H]1O[C@@H]([*])[C@H](O)[C@@H]1O
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A ribonucleoside is a type of nucleoside including ribose as a component. They are analogous to the nucleosides that, along with a phosphate group, form nucleotides that are the functional units of DNA; however, ribonucleosides are principal components of RNA. These form ribonucleotides with the addition of a phosphate group, which chain to form a molecule of RNA.
Deoxyribonucleosides (or simply nucleosides) are synthesised from ribonucleosides through a series of reactions. It is possible for ribonucleosides to be converted to their deoxy form through a reaction catalysed by ribonucleoside disphosphate reductase. The enzyme itself provides reducing equivalents by having its sulfhydryl groups oxidised through the course of the reaction.
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