carbamoyl phosphate

noun

An anion, produced from bicarbonate, ammonia and phosphate, that acts as an intermediary metabolite in land animals.

Meanings

nouncarbamoyl phosphate (uncountable)

alternative carbamoylphosphate

  1. uncountablebiochemistryAn anion, produced from bicarbonate, ammonia and phosphate, that acts as an intermediary metabolite in land animals.
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