ribonucleotide

[ rahy-boh-noo-klee-uh-tahyd, -nyoo- ]

noun

, Biochemistry.

1. an ester, composed of a ribonucleoside and phosphoric acid, that is a constituent of ribonucleic acid.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ribonucleotide¹

First recorded in 1925–30; ribo(nucleic acid) + nucleotide

Example Sentences

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From The Guardian

AICAR, 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide; AMP, adenosine monophosphate; F1,6-P, fructose 1,6 bisphosphate; IMP, inosine monophosphate. g, Model showing that, in glycolytic breast tumours, activated PFKFB4 drives SRC-3 phosphorylation at Ser857, which then activates ER-positive primary tumour growth in conjunction with E2-liganded ER, as well in ER-negative/recurrent tumours in conjunction with ATF4, driving aggressive metastatic disease.

From Nature

Now, organic chemist Thomas Carell of Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany, and his team have shown how the other two bases, guanine and adenine, can form from simpler molecules and spontaneously link up with the sugar molecule, creating a precursor to the full ribonucleotide called a nucleoside.

From Nature

The molecule’s ribonucleotide building blocks are themselves made up of three parts: a sugar molecule, a phosphate group and one of the four bases that form the alphabet of RNA's genetic code — adenine, uracil, cytosine and guanine.

From Nature

The addition of another simple chemical converted this hybrid into a ribonucleotide.

From New York Times