phosphoglyceromutase
phosphoglyceromutase noun: an enzyme involved in glycolysis that catalyzes the internal transfer of a phosphate group from C-3 to C-2, resulting in the conversion of 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate through a 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate intermediate.
Noun
phosphoglyceromutase (plural phosphoglyceromutases)
- An enzyme involved in glycolysis that catalyzes the internal transfer of a phosphate group from C-3 to C-2, resulting in the conversion of 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate through a 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate intermediate.
Forms of phosphoglyceromutase
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Origin of phosphoglyceromutase
From phosphoglycerate + mutase.
Questions about phosphoglyceromutase
- What does phosphoglyceromutase mean?
- Phosphoglyceromutase means an enzyme involved in glycolysis that catalyzes the internal transfer of a phosphate group from C-3 to C-2, resulting in the conversion of 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate through a 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate intermediate.
- What part of speech is phosphoglyceromutase?
- Phosphoglyceromutase is a noun.
- What is the plural of phosphoglyceromutase?
- The plural of phosphoglyceromutase is phosphoglyceromutases.
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