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phosphoribosyladenosine

phosphoribosyladenosine noun: a chemical containing a phosphate group connected to ribose in turn connected to adenosine (which in turn is normally connected to diphosphate or triphosphate).

Noun

phosphoribosyladenosine (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) A chemical containing a phosphate group connected to ribose in turn connected to adenosine (which in turn is normally connected to diphosphate or triphosphate)

Origin of phosphoribosyladenosine

From phospho- + ribosyl + adenosine.

Questions about phosphoribosyladenosine

What does phosphoribosyladenosine mean?
Phosphoribosyladenosine means a chemical containing a phosphate group connected to ribose in turn connected to adenosine (which in turn is normally connected to diphosphate or triphosphate).
What part of speech is phosphoribosyladenosine?
Phosphoribosyladenosine is a noun.

Words near phosphoribosyladenosine in the dictionary

  1. phosphoribose
  2. phosphoriboses
  3. phosphoribosyl
  4. phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate
  5. phosphoribosyl-N-formylglycineamide
  6. phosphoribosyladenosine
  7. phosphoribosylamine
  8. phosphoribosylaminoimidazole
  9. phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase
  10. phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase
  11. phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase

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