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PRPP

PRPP is the initialism 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 PRPP

What is PRPP the initialism of?
PRPP is the initialism of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate.

Words near PRPP in the dictionary

  1. proœmial
  2. proœmion
  3. proœmium
  4. proœmiums
  5. PRP
  6. PRPP
  7. PrPs
  8. prr
  9. PRRA
  10. PRRD
  11. PRRS

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