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Ribitol, or adonitol, is a crystalline pentose alcohol (C5H12O5) formed by the reduction of ribose. It occurs naturally in the plant Adonis vernalis[2] as well as in the cell walls of some Gram-positive bacteria, in the form of ribitol phosphate, in teichoic acids.[3] It also forms part of the chemical structure of riboflavin and flavin mononucleotide (FMN), which is a nucleotide coenzyme used by many enzymes, the so-called flavoproteins.[4]
References
- ^ "2-Carb-19".
- ^ Advances in Applied Microbiology. Academic Press. 28 October 1997. ISBN 9780080564586.
- ^ Seltmann, Guntram; Holst, Otto (9 March 2013). The Bacterial Cell Wall. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783662048788.
- ^ Mathews, Christopher K. (2000). Biochemistry. Van Holde, K. E. (Kensal Edward), 1928-, Ahern, Kevin G. (3rd ed.). San Francisco, Calif.: Benjamin Cummings. p. 492. ISBN 0805330666. OCLC 42290721.
External links
Media related to Ribitol at Wikimedia Commons- GMD MS Spectrum
- Safety MSDS data Archived 11 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- Biological Magnetic Resonance Data Bank
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