Lyxose
Lyxose is an aldopentose — a monosaccharide containing five carbon atoms, and including an aldehyde functional group. It has chemical formula C5H10O5. It is a C'-2 carbon epimer of the sugar xylose.
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(2R,3R,4S)-2,3,4,5-Tetrahydroxypentanal | |
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L-Lyxose Lyxopyranose | |
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C5H10O5 |
| Molar mass | 150.13 |
| Density | 1.545 g cm−3 |
| Melting point | 108 °C (226 °F; 381 K) |
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Soluble in water |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |
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Lyxose occurs only rarely in nature, for example, as a component of bacterial glycolipids.[1]

D-Lyxose in both its furanose and pyranose forms
References
- Kay-Hooi Khoo et al., Chemistry of the Lyxose-Containing Mycobacteriophage Receptors of Mycobacterium phlei/Mycobacterium smegmatis, Biochemistry, 35 (36), 11812-11819, 1996. Abstract
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