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phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate

/ˌfɑs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.sɪlˌpaɪ.roʊˈfɑs.feɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.10 in modern English

Syllables
phos-pho-ri-bo-syl py-rophos-phate
IPA
/ˌfɑs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.sɪlˌpaɪ.roʊˈfɑs.feɪt/
57
Scrabble Score
27
Letters
7
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A high-energy, activated sugar molecule derived from ribose 5-phosphate that acts as a key starting material for making and recycling nucleotides in cells.

Uncountable

Etymology

From phosphoribosyl + pyrophosphate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

PRPP (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɑs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.sɪlˌpaɪ.roʊˈfɑs.feɪt/.
What does phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate mean?
A high-energy, activated sugar molecule derived from ribose 5-phosphate that acts as a key starting material for making and recycling nucleotides in cells.
Where does phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate come from?
From phosphoribosyl + pyrophosphate.

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