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Carbohydrates > Sugar Phosphates > Pentosephosphates > Phosphoribosyl Pyrophosphate

Preferred term

Phosphoribosyl Pyrophosphate  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The key substance in the biosynthesis of histidine, tryptophan, and purine and pyrimidine nucleotides.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 7540-64-9
  • alpha-D-Ribofuranose, 5-(dihydrogen phosphate) 1-(trihydrogen diphosphate)

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-VSJRFHNS-C

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