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Pentosephosphate vs Phosphoribosylpyrophosphate - What's the difference?

pentosephosphate | phosphoribosylpyrophosphate |

As a noun phosphoribosylpyrophosphate is

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

pentosephosphate

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English words similar to 'pentosephosphate':

pentasaccharide, pentakisphosphate

phosphoribosylpyrophosphate

English

Noun

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