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单词 ribitol
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Definition of ribitol in English:

ribitol

noun ˈrɪbɪtɒlˈrʌɪbɪtɒlˈrībiˌtôl
mass nounChemistry
  • A colourless crystalline compound which is formed by reduction of ribose and occurs in certain plants.

    An alcohol; chemical formula: HOCH₂(CHOH)₃CH₂OH

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ribitol teichoic acid is usually in the cell wall, and the glycerol teichoic acid is in the cell membrane, the periplasmic region, or in the cell.
    • The differences in hydrogen-bonding sites and alignments of the sugars with the electrostatic field of the channel walls explain the observed disparity in conduction between ribitol and arabitol.
    • A single molecule of ribitol or arabitol was positioned in the periplasmic space at the beginning of each interactive simulation.
    • These clones putatively encode UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, trehalose - 6-phosphate phosphatase, glucose and ribitol dehydrogenase, and ribitol dehydrogenase.
    • This new shape caused RDH to be less effective on ribitol, but more effective on xylitol and L-arabitol (the mirror image of D-arabitol) as shown in the accompanying graph.

Origin

1940s: from ribose + -ite1 + -ol.

 
 

Definition of ribitol in US English:

ribitol

nounˈrībiˌtôl
Chemistry
  • A colorless crystalline compound which is formed by reduction of ribose and occurs in certain plants.

    An alcohol; chemical formula: HOCH₂(CHOH)₃CH₂OH

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The ribitol teichoic acid is usually in the cell wall, and the glycerol teichoic acid is in the cell membrane, the periplasmic region, or in the cell.
    • This new shape caused RDH to be less effective on ribitol, but more effective on xylitol and L-arabitol (the mirror image of D-arabitol) as shown in the accompanying graph.
    • These clones putatively encode UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, trehalose - 6-phosphate phosphatase, glucose and ribitol dehydrogenase, and ribitol dehydrogenase.
    • A single molecule of ribitol or arabitol was positioned in the periplasmic space at the beginning of each interactive simulation.
    • The differences in hydrogen-bonding sites and alignments of the sugars with the electrostatic field of the channel walls explain the observed disparity in conduction between ribitol and arabitol.

Origin

1940s: from ribose + -ite + -ol.

 
 
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