Term Name:	pentose
Synonyms:	pentose, pentoses
Definition:	A five-carbon monosaccharide which in its linear form contains either an aldehyde group at position 1 (aldopentose) or a ketone group at position 2 (ketopentose).
Ontology:	ChEBI [CHEBI:25901] ( EBI )

Relationships

is a type of:	monosaccharide
has subtype:	(2S,4R,5S)-Muscarine (3R,4R)-Oxolane-2,3,4-triol (3R,4R,5R)-3-Fluoro-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolane-2,3,4-triol (3S,4R)-Oxolane-2,3,4-triol (3S,4S)-2-(Hydroxymethyl)oxolane-2,3,4-triol 1-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4-Dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]oxypyrimidin-2-one 1-Deoxy-1-(nonylamino)pentitol 1-S-Hexyl-1-thiopentitol 2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentanal 2-O-Methyl-D-xylose 3-o-methyl-l-xylose 5,6-Dihydro-5'-azacytidine 5-Methylthioribose 1-phosphate aldopentose alpha-D-xylofuranose D-1-Deoxy-erythro-hexo-2,3-diulose D-xylulofuranose Epimuscarine ketoaldopentose ketopentose Lyxulose Micromonohalimane B pentofuranose Ribose-1-arsenate sacrotride A Suillumide U-44590 Varioxiranol K
inverse has_functional_parent:	pentose derivative