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dihydropteroate

/daɪˌhaɪdɹɒpˈtɛɹəʊeɪt/

dihydropteroate noun: a pterin created from para-aminobenzoic acid by the enzyme dihydropteroate synthetase, an important intermediate in folate synthesis.

Noun

dihydropteroate (uncountable)

  1. A pterin created from para-aminobenzoic acid by the enzyme dihydropteroate synthetase, an important intermediate in folate synthesis.

Questions about dihydropteroate

What does dihydropteroate mean?
Dihydropteroate means a pterin created from para-aminobenzoic acid by the enzyme dihydropteroate synthetase, an important intermediate in folate synthesis.
What part of speech is dihydropteroate?
Dihydropteroate is a noun.
How do you pronounce dihydropteroate?
Dihydropteroate is pronounced /daɪˌhaɪdɹɒpˈtɛɹəʊeɪt/.

Words near dihydropteroate in the dictionary

  1. dihydrophenylisatin
  2. dihydropicolinate
  3. dihydroprogesterone
  4. dihydroprogesterones
  5. dihydropteridine
  6. dihydropteroate
  7. dihydropyran
  8. dihydropyrans
  9. dihydropyrazole
  10. dihydropyrazoles
  11. dihydropyrazolo

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