phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate

English

Etymology

From phosphoribosyl +‎ pyrophosphate.

Noun

phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) A pentose phosphate, formed from ribose 5-phosphate by the enzyme ribose-phosphate diphosphokinase, which plays a role in transferring phospho-ribose groups in several reactions.

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