Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase

/ˌfɑːs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.səlˌfɔːr.məlˌɡlaɪ.səˈnæm.ɪ.diːn ˈsɪn.θeɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-ri-bo-syl-formyl-glyci-namidine syn-thase
IPA: /ˌfɑːs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.səlˌfɔːr.məlˌɡlaɪ.səˈnæm.ɪ.diːn ˈsɪn.θeɪs/

79

Scrabble Score

41

Letters

9

Syllables

18

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An enzyme that catalyzes a step in de novo purine biosynthesis, converting phosphoribosylformylglycinamide into phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine using glutamine and ATP.

Uncountable

Etymology

From phosphoribosyl + formylglycinamidine + synthase

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

FGAM synthase (abbreviation)

Questions

How do you pronounce phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɑːs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.səlˌfɔːr.məlˌɡlaɪ.səˈnæm.ɪ.diːn ˈsɪn.θeɪs/.
What does phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase mean?: An enzyme that catalyzes a step in de novo purine biosynthesis, converting phosphoribosylformylglycinamide into phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine using glutamine and ATP.
Where does phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase come from?: From phosphoribosyl + formylglycinamidine + synthase

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