Meanings
nounguanosine diphosphate (plural guanosine diphosphates)
plural guanosine diphosphates
- biochemistryAn ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside guanosine; the product of dephosphorylation (via hydrolysis) of GTP by a GTPase.
Synonyms: GDP
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn ester of pyrophosphoric acid with the nucleoside guanosine; the product of dephosphorylation (via hydrolysis) of GTP by a GTPase.
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Translations
French guanosine diphosphate
- guanosine diphosphateester of pyrophosphoric acid with guanosine
German Guanosindiphosphat
- Guanosindiphosphatester of pyrophosphoric acid with guanosine
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