Meanings
plural diphosphomevalonates
- mevalonate diphosphate
1 more example
MVK class I are inhibited by metabolites downstream of the diphosphomevalonate carboxylase reaction (IPP, DMAPP, GPP, FPP and longer chain isoprenoids), MVK class II are inhibited by diphosphomevalonate (DPM), but not by metabolites downstream of diphosphomevalonate carboxylase, and MVK class III are not inhibited by isoprenoids [18 ].
2015 November 14, “Negative Feedbacks by Isoprenoids on a Mevalonate Kinase Expressed in the Corpora Allata of Mosquitoes”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
- Proto-Hellenic*dwi-
- Ancient Greekδῐ- (dĭ-)
- Latindi-
- Englishdi-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéreti
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰérō
- Ancient Greekφέρω (phérō)
- Ancient Greekφωσφόρος (phōsphóros)
- Latinphōsphorus
- Englishphosphorus
- Englishphospho-
- Proto-Indo-European*médʰu
- Proto-Hellenic*métʰu
- Ancient Greekμέθυ (méthu)
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- GermanMethy
- Englishmethyl
- Englishvalerian
- Englishvaleric
- GermanKeton
- Englishketone
- Englishmevalonic
- Englishmevalonate
- Englishdiphosphomevalonate
From di- + phospho- + mevalonate.
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