Meanings
nouncytidyltransferase (plural cytidyltransferases)
plural cytidyltransferases
- biochemistryAny transferase that transfers a cytidyl group
In the CDP-choline pathway, externally added or endogenous choline is stepwise incorporated through phosphorylation by choline kinase and activation with CTP by phosphocholine cytidyltransferase.
2015 August 5, “Phosphatidylcholine Supply to Peroxisomes of the Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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