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phosphoenoylpyruvate

phosphoenoylpyruvate is the alternative form of phosphoenolpyruvate.

Meaning of phosphoenolpyruvate

Noun

phosphoenolpyruvate (usually uncountable, plural phosphoenolpyruvates, abbreviation PEP)

  1. (usually) A carboxylic acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₅O₆P, derived from pyruvate and an intermediate in glycolysis and gluconeogenesis.

Questions about phosphoenoylpyruvate

What is phosphoenoylpyruvate the alternative form of?
Phosphoenoylpyruvate is the alternative form of phosphoenolpyruvate.

Words near phosphoenoylpyruvate in the dictionary

  1. phosphoenolpyruvate
  2. phosphoenolpyruvate mutase
  3. phosphoenolpyruvates
  4. phosphoenolpyruvic acid
  5. phosphoenols
  6. phosphoenoylpyruvate
  7. phosphoenrichment
  8. phosphoenzyme
  9. phosphoenzymes
  10. phosphoepitope
  11. phosphoepitopes

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