phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (English, noun)
expansion: phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (uncountable)
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glosses: 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.
tags: uncountable
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