Abstract
RECENTLY, we described experiments showing the synthesis of deoxyribose in guinea pig liver extracts by the coupling of a triose with acetaldehyde1. The substitution of glycolaldehyde for acetaldehyde as the 2-carbon compound might be expected to lead to the synthesis of ribose instead of its deoxyderivative, and this has now been shown to occur.
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McGEOWN, M., MALPRESS, F. Synthesis of Ribose in Animal Tissues. Nature 173, 212–213 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/173212a0
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