has primary input D-ribose pentose transmembrane transport D-ribose transmembrane transport GO:0015752 The process in which D-ribose is transported across a lipid bilayer, from one side of a membrane to the other. As beta-D-ribofuranose, D-ribose forms the glycose group of all ribonucleosides, ribonucleotides and ribonucleic acids, and also of ribose phosphates, various glycosides, some coenzymes and some forms of vitamin B12. biological_process D-ribose transport transmembrane transport