Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphoribosyl-n-formylglycineamide

/ˌfɑːsfəˌraɪbəˈsaɪl ɛn ˌfɔːrməlˌɡlaɪsiːnəˈæmaɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-ri-bo-syl-n--formyl-glycineamide
IPA: /ˌfɑːsfəˌraɪbəˈsaɪl ɛn ˌfɔːrməlˌɡlaɪsiːnəˈæmaɪd/

65

Scrabble Score

33

Letters

9

Syllables

17

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phosphorylated ribonucleotide intermediate in the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, formed from glycinamide ribonucleotide and converted into phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine.

Uncountable

Etymology

From phosphoribosyl + N + formylglycineamide.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

FGAR (abbreviation)

Questions

How do you pronounce phosphoribosyl-n-formylglycineamide?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɑːsfəˌraɪbəˈsaɪl ɛn ˌfɔːrməlˌɡlaɪsiːnəˈæmaɪd/.
What does phosphoribosyl-n-formylglycineamide mean?: A phosphorylated ribonucleotide intermediate in the de novo purine biosynthesis pathway, formed from glycinamide ribonucleotide and converted into phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine.
Where does phosphoribosyl-n-formylglycineamide come from?: From phosphoribosyl + N + formylglycineamide.

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