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diphosphomevalonate

diphosphomevalonate noun: mevalonate diphosphate.

Noun

diphosphomevalonate (plural diphosphomevalonates)

  1. mevalonate diphosphate
    • MVK class I are inhibited by metabolites downstream of the diphosphomevalonate carboxylase reaction (IPP, DMAPP, GPP, FPP and longer chain isoprenoids), MVK class II are inhibited by diphosphomevalonate (DPM), but not by metabolites downstream of diphosphomevalonate carboxylase, and MVK class III...2015 November 14, “Negative Feedbacks by Isoprenoids on a Mevalonate Kinase Expressed in the Corpora Allata of Mosquitoes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of diphosphomevalonate

pluraldiphosphomevalonates

Origin of diphosphomevalonate

From di- + phospho- + mevalonate.

Questions about diphosphomevalonate

What does diphosphomevalonate mean?
Diphosphomevalonate means mevalonate diphosphate.
What part of speech is diphosphomevalonate?
Diphosphomevalonate is a noun.
What is the plural of diphosphomevalonate?
The plural of diphosphomevalonate is diphosphomevalonates.

Words near diphosphomevalonate in the dictionary

  1. diphosphokinase
  2. diphosphokinases
  3. diphosphole
  4. diphospholes
  5. diphospholine
  6. diphosphomevalonate
  7. diphosphomevalonates
  8. diphosphonate
  9. diphosphonates
  10. diphosphonite
  11. diphosphonites

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