Arabinose Names IUPAC name Arabinose
Systematic IUPAC name Other namesPectinose
Identifiers ChEBI ChemSpider EC Number UNII InChI=1S/C5H10O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h1,3-5,7-10H,2H2/t3-,4-,5+/m1/s1
Y Key: PYMYPHUHKUWMLA-WDCZJNDASA-N
Y InChI=1/C5H10O5/c6-1-3(8)5(10)4(9)2-7/h1,3-5,7-10H,2H2/t3-,4-,5+/m1/s1
Key: PYMYPHUHKUWMLA-WDCZJNDABW
Properties[ 2] C 5 H 10 O 5 Molar mass 150.13 g/mol Appearance Colorless crystals as prisms or needles Density 1.585 g/cm3 (20 °C) Melting point 164 to 165 °C (327 to 329 °F; 437 to 438 K) 834 g/1 L (25 °C (77 °F)) −85.70·10−6 cm3 /mol Hazards NFPA 704 (fire diamond)Related compounds Ribose Xylose Lyxose Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their
standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
Chemical compound
Arabinose is analdopentose – amonosaccharide containing fivecarbon atoms , and including analdehyde (CHO)functional group .
For biosynthetic reasons, most saccharides are almost always more abundant in nature as the "D "-form, or structurally analogous toD -glyceraldehyde .[ note 1] However,L -arabinose is in fact more common thanD -arabinose in nature and is found in nature as a component of biopolymers such ashemicellulose andpectin .[ 3]
TheL -arabinose operon , also known as the araBAD operon, has been the subject of much biomolecular research. Theoperon directs thecatabolism of arabinose inE. coli , and it is dynamically activated in the presence of arabinose and the absence of glucose.[ 4]
A classic method for the organic synthesis of arabinose from glucose is theWohl degradation .[ 5]
D -Arabinose α-D -Arabinofuranose β-D -Arabinofuranose α-D -Arabinopyranose β-D -Arabinopyranose
Arabinose gets its name fromgum arabic , from which it was first isolated.[ 6]
Originally commercialized as a sweetener, arabinose is aninhibitor ofsucrase , theenzyme that breaks downsucrose intoglucose andfructose in thesmall intestine .[ 7]
^ The D/L nomenclature does not refer to the molecule's optical rotation properties but to its structural analogy toglyceraldehyde . ^ "Appendix" .^ Weast, Robert C., ed. (1981).CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (62nd ed.). Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. p. C-110.ISBN 0-8493-0462-8 . ^ Holtzapple, M.T. (2003). "HEMICELLULOSES".Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition . pp. 3060– 3071.doi :10.1016/B0-12-227055-X/00589-7 .ISBN 9780122270550 . ^ Watson, James (2003).Molecular Biology of the Gene . p. 503. ^ Braun, Géza (1940)."D-Arabinose" .Organic Syntheses .20 : 14 ;Collected Volumes , vol. 3, p. 101 .^ Merriam Webster Dictionary ^ Krog-Mikkelsen, Inger; Hels, Ole; Tetens, Inge; Holst, Jens Juul; Andersen, Jens Rikardt; Bukhave, Klaus (2011-08-01)."The effects of L-arabinose on intestinal sucrase activity: dose-response studies in vitro and in humans" .The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition .94 (2):472– 478.doi :10.3945/ajcn.111.014225 .ISSN 1938-3207 .PMID 21677059 .