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From phosphoribosyl + pyrophosphate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
From phosphoribosyl + pyrophosphate.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.