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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PENTOSE

From penta- + -ose².
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PRONUNCIATION OF PENTOSE

pentose  [ˈpɛntəʊs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENTOSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pentose is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENTOSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pentose

A pentose is a monosaccharide with five carbon atoms. Pentoses are organized into two groups. Aldopentoses have an aldehyde functional group at position 1. Ketopentoses have a ketone functional group in position 2 or 3.

Definition of pentose in the English dictionary

The definition of pentose in the dictionary is any monosaccharide containing five atoms of carbon per molecule: occur mainly in plants and the nucleic acids.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENTOSE


acetose
ˈæsɪˌtəʊs
aldopentose
ˌældəʊˈpɛntəʊs
caespitose
ˈsɛspɪˌtəʊs
cespitose
ˈsɛspɪˌtəʊs
comatose
ˈkəʊməˌtəʊs
crustose
ˈkrʌstəʊs
exocytose
ˌeksəʊˈsaɪtəʊs
fructose
ˈfrʌktəʊs
heptose
ˈhɛptəʊs
keratose
ˈkɛrəˌtəʊs
lactose
ˈlæktəʊs
oedematose
ɪˈdiːməˌtəʊs
phagocytose
ˈfæɡəsɪˌtəʊs
sarmentose
sɑːˈmɛntəʊs
semicomatose
ˌsɛmɪˈkəʊməˌtəʊs
setose
ˈsiːtəʊs
stigmatose
ˈstɪɡməˌtəʊs
tomentose
təˈmɛntəʊs
ventose
vɛnˈtəʊs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENTOSE

pentiti
pentito
Pentland Firth
pentlandite
pentobarbital
pentobarbital sodium
pentobarbitone
pentode
pentomic
pentosan
pentose phosphate pathway
pentoside
Pentothal sodium
pentoxide
pentroof
pentstemon
pentyl
pentyl acetate
pentylene
pentylenetetrazol

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENTOSE

arose
choose
chose
close
dose
edematose
galactose
hose
ketose
lose
maltose
on the loose
on the nose
pectose
purpose
rose
schistose
stratose
those
whose

Synonyms and antonyms of pentose in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pentose» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENTOSE

Find out the translation of pentose to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pentose from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pentose» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

戊糖
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pentosa
570 millions of speakers

English

pentose
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pentose
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

البنتوز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пентозы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pentose
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pentose
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pentoses
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pentose
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Pentose
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペントース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

펜 토스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pentose
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pentose
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Pentose
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पेंटोस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pentoz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pentoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pentozy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пентози
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentose
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πεντόζη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pentose
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pentos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pentose
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pentose

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTOSE»

The term «pentose» is regularly used and occupies the 55.186 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENTOSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pentose» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pentose» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pentose

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENTOSE»

Discover the use of pentose in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pentose and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Microbial Pentose Utilization: Current Applications in ...
Industrial organizations involved in developing processes for ethanol and other products from non-conventional sources will also find this volume beneficial.
A. Singh, P. Mishra, 1995
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Biochemistry
In the pentose phosphate pathway, glucose-6-phosphate can be converted to fructose-6-phosphate and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate by a means other than the glycolytic pathway. For this reason, the pentose phosphate pathway is also ...
Mary Campbell, Shawn Farrell, 2011
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Color Atlas of Biochemistry
A. Pentose phosphate pathway: oxidative part 3 The oxidative segment of the PPP converts glucose 6-phosphate to ribulose 5-phosphate. One CO2 and two NADPH+H* are formed in the process. Depending on the metabolic state, the much ...
Jan Koolman, Klaus-Heinrich Röhm, 2005
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The Pentose Phosphate Pathway
Although originally presented as the “pentose phosphate cycle,” it has gradually become clear that the “cycle” can operate as two separate pathways, the ” oxidative branch” and the “nonoxidative branch,” and the name "pentose phosphate ...
Terry Wood, 1985
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Understanding Bacteria
(iii) Pentose Phosphate Pathway: A third pathway or pentose phosphate pathway is very similar to ED pathway as glucose is converted to 6-phosphogluconate. However, 6-phosphoglueonate is broken down to ribulose 5-phosphate which ...
S. Srivastava, 2003
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Plant Biochemistry
6.6. Reductive. and. oxidative. pentose. phosphate. pathways. are. regulated. The enzymes of the reductive as well as the oxidative pentose phosphate pathways are located in the chloroplast stroma (Fig. 6.24). A simultaneous operation of ...
Hans-Walter Heldt, 2005
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Biochemistry
CHAPTER. 19. Pentose. Phosphate. and. G/yoxy/ate. Pathway. Intermediary cell metabolism involves not only the famous Kreb cycle, the Calvin cycle, and the Embden Meyerhof-Parnas (EMP) andEntner- Doudoroff (ED) pathways but also ...
Keshav Trehan, 1990
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Biochemistry
Pentose Phosphate Pathway and NADPH 13 I. OVERVIEW The pentose phosphate pathway (also called the hexose monophosphate pathway, or 6- phosphogluconate pathway) occurs in the cytosol of the cell. It includes two, irreversible ...
Richard A. Harvey (Ph. D.), Richard A. Harvey, Denise R. Ferrier, 2011
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The Rumen Microbial Ecosystem
Many bacteria metabolize hexoses via alternative catabolic routes employing the Entner-Doudoroff, pentose and pentose phosphoketolase pathways. Each of these pathways has the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Baldwin et ...
P.N. Hobson, C.S. Stewart, 1997
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Diseases of metabolism and of the blood
Later, Friedrich Miiller questioned the opinion, then prevalent, that pentose was the sugar of the vegetable kingdom and did not occur in the animal kingdom. He believed there was often a confusion of pentose with glycuronic acid, a confusion  ...
‎1906

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENTOSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pentose is used in the context of the following news items.
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Metabolic alterations in renal cell carcinoma.
... RCC increased dependence on aerobic glycolysis and the pentose phosphate shunt, augmented lipogenesis, and reduced AMPK and Krebs ... «UroToday, Jul 15»
2
A novel intracellular mutualistic bacterium in the invasive ant …
Westeberhardia has a limited metabolic repertoire but is capable of glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, fatty acid biosynthesis, nucleotide ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Ecophysiology of an uncultivated lineage of Aigarchaeota from an …
A complete oxidative pentose phosphate pathway was identified in C. aerorheumensis with the exception of gluconolactonase, which is also ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Auckland's Long Term Plan budget is passed
Callum Pentose - yes. Dick Quax - no. Sharon Stewart - no. Wayne Walker - yes. John Watson - no. Penny Webster - yes. George Wood - no «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 15»
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... and the primase were suppressed by deletions of genes coding for enzymes involved in glycolytic, acetate overflow and pentose-phosphate ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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Characterizing Wheat Straw for Bio-Fuel Applications
For ethanol production, pentose from hemicellulose can also be used without hydrolysis. Pre-treatment of the lignocellulosic biomass is a ... «AZoCleantech, May 15»
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Transient elevation of glycolysis confers radio-resistance by …
Moreover, other mediators like the expression of TKTL1 (Transketolase-like 1, an enzyme of pentose phosphate pathway) in head and neck ... «BMC Blogs Network, Apr 15»
8
Idh1 protects murine hepatocytes from endotoxin-induced oxidative …
Failure to increase glucose consumption through the pentose-phosphate pathway results in the death of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase ... «Nature.com, Apr 15»
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Incomplete meiotic sex chromosome inactivation in the domestic dog
RHOXF1 is a homeobox protein and TKTL1 is a transketolase involved in the pentose-phosphate pathway. These 5 genes are thus of special ... «BMC Blogs Network, Apr 15»
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Hydrogen fuel study reveals corn promise
The process builds on previous research using xylose, “the most abundant simple plant pentose sugar, to produce hydrogen yields that ... «The Japan Times, Apr 15»

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