Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine

/ˌfɒs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.sɪlˌfɔːr.mɪlˌɡlaɪ.sɪ.nəˈmɪd.iːn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-ri-bo-syl-formyl-glyci-nami-dine
IPA: /ˌfɒs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.sɪlˌfɔːr.mɪlˌɡlaɪ.sɪ.nəˈmɪd.iːn/

65

Scrabble Score

33

Letters

9

Syllables

17

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phosphorylated intermediate compound in the de novo biosynthesis of purine nucleotides, formed from phosphoribosylformylglycinamide by the action of FGAM synthase and converted into 5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide.

Uncountable

Etymology

From phosphoribosyl + formyl + glycinamidine.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

FGAM (abbreviation)

Phrases

phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine synthase

Questions

How do you pronounce phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfɒs.foʊˌraɪ.boʊ.sɪlˌfɔːr.mɪlˌɡlaɪ.sɪ.nəˈmɪd.iːn/.
What does phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine mean?: A phosphorylated intermediate compound in the de novo biosynthesis of purine nucleotides, formed from phosphoribosylformylglycinamide by the action of FGAM synthase and converted into 5-aminoimidazole ribonucleotide.
Where does phosphoribosylformylglycinamidine come from?: From phosphoribosyl + formyl + glycinamidine.

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