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.