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phosphopantetheinylate

phosphopantetheinylate noun: any salt or ester of phosphopantetheine.

Noun

phosphopantetheinylate (plural phosphopantetheinylates)

  1. Any salt or ester of phosphopantetheine.

Verb

phosphopantetheinylate (third-person singular simple present phosphopantetheinylates, present participle phosphopantetheinylating, simple past and past participle phosphopantetheinylated)

  1. To react with phosphopantetheine.
    • It is a broad spectrum PPTase which is able to phosphopantetheinylate the ACP components of both cytosolic and mitochondrial FAS systems, as well as the aminoadipate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, associated with lysine degradation.2015 November 26, “Characterisation of the Candida albicans Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Ppt2 as a Potential Antifungal Drug Target”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of phosphopantetheinylate

Noun
pluralphosphopantetheinylates
Verb
third-person singular presentphosphopantetheinylates
present participlephosphopantetheinylating
past participlephosphopantetheinylated
pastphosphopantetheinylated

Origin of phosphopantetheinylate

From phosphopantetheinyl + -ate (“salt or ester”).

From phosphopantetheinyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about phosphopantetheinylate

What does phosphopantetheinylate mean?
Phosphopantetheinylate means any salt or ester of phosphopantetheine.
What part of speech is phosphopantetheinylate?
Phosphopantetheinylate can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of phosphopantetheinylate?
The plural of phosphopantetheinylate is phosphopantetheinylates.

Words near phosphopantetheinylate in the dictionary

  1. phosphonylations
  2. phosphonyls
  3. phosphopanteine
  4. phosphopantetheine
  5. phosphopantetheinyl
  6. phosphopantetheinylate
  7. phosphopantetheinylated
  8. phosphopantetheinylates
  9. phosphopantetheinylating
  10. phosphopantetheinylation
  11. phosphopantetheinylations

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