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phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide

phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide noun: a naturally occurring molecule inside cells that acts as an intermediate in the process of making purine nucleotides.

phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide: a naturally occurring molecule inside cells that acts as an intermediate in the process of making...
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Noun

phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide (uncountable, abbreviation SAICAR)

  1. A naturally occurring molecule inside cells that acts as an intermediate in the process of making purine nucleotides.

Forms of phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide

abbreviationSAICAR

Origin of phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide

From phosphoribosyl + aminoimidazole + succinocarboxamide.

Words formed from phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide

Questions about phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide

What does phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide mean?
Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide means a naturally occurring molecule inside cells that acts as an intermediate in the process of making purine nucleotides.
What part of speech is phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide?
Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide is a noun.

Words near phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide in the dictionary

  1. phosphoribosylamine
  2. phosphoribosylaminoimidazole
  3. phosphoribosylaminoimidazole carboxylase
  4. phosphoribosylaminoimidazole synthetase
  5. phosphoribosylaminoimidazolecarboxamide formyltransferase
  6. phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide
  7. phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide synthase
  8. phosphoribosylate
  9. phosphoribosylated
  10. phosphoribosylation
  11. phosphoribosylations

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