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phosphoribosylpyrophosphate

phosphoribosylpyrophosphate is the alternative form of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate.

Meaning of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate

Noun

phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (usually uncountable, plural PRPP)

  1. (usually) A high-energy, activated sugar molecule derived from ribose 5-phosphate that acts as a key starting material for making and recycling nucleotides in cells.

Questions about phosphoribosylpyrophosphate

What is phosphoribosylpyrophosphate the alternative form of?
Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate is the alternative form of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate.

Words near phosphoribosylpyrophosphate in the dictionary

  1. phosphoribosylation
  2. phosphoribosylations
  3. phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine
  4. phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase
  5. phosphoribosylglycinamide
  6. phosphoribosylpyrophosphate
  7. phosphoribosyls
  8. phosphoribosyltransferase
  9. phosphoribosyltransferases
  10. phosphoribulokinase
  11. phosphoribulokinases

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