Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphopantetheinylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-pan-teth-einy-late
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

22

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any salt or ester of phosphopantetheine.

verb

To react with phosphopantetheine.

Example Sentences

"It is a broad spectrum PPTase which is able to phosphopantetheinylate the ACP components of both cytosolic and mitochondrial FAS systems, as well as the aminoadipate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, associated with lysine degradation."

Etymology

From phosphopantetheinyl + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Inflected Forms

phosphopantetheinylates (plural) phosphopantetheinylates (present, singular) phosphopantetheinylating (participle, present) phosphopantetheinylated (participle, past) phosphopantetheinylated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

phosphopantetheinylation

Questions

What does phosphopantetheinylate mean?: Any salt or ester of phosphopantetheine.
Where does phosphopantetheinylate come from?: From phosphopantetheinyl + -ate (“salt or ester”).

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