CHEBI:46998 - ribofuranose

ChEBI IDCHEBI:46998
ChEBI Nameribofuranose
Stars
DefinitionA cyclic ribose having a 5-membered tetrahydrofuran ring; the predominant (C3'-endo) form of the two cyclic structures (the other is the "C2'-endo" form, having a 6-membered ring) adopted by ribose in aqueous solution.
Last Modified10 June 2015
SubmitterKirill Degtyarenko
FormulaC5H10O5
Net Charge0
Average Mass150.130
Monoisotopic Mass150.05282
Species of MetaboliteComponentSourceComments
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (ncbitaxon:3055) - PubMed (25515814)
Roles Classification
Biological Role:
algal metabolite  Any eukaryotic metabolite produced during a metabolic reaction in algae including unicellular organisms like chlorella and diatoms to multicellular organisms like giant kelps and brown algae.
ChEBI Ontology
Outgoing Relation(s)
ribofuranose (CHEBI:46998) has role algal metabolite (CHEBI:84735)
ribofuranose (CHEBI:46998) is a ribose (CHEBI:33942)
Incoming Relation(s)
inosine (CHEBI:17596) has functional parent ribofuranose (CHEBI:46998)
D-ribofuranose (CHEBI:47013) is a ribofuranose (CHEBI:46998)
L-ribofuranose (CHEBI:47000) is a ribofuranose (CHEBI:46998)
IUPAC Name 
ribofuranose
Synonym  Source
rel-(3R,4S,5R)-5-(hydroxymethyl)tetrahydrofuran-2,3,4-triolIUPAC