phosphoglucoseisomerase

noun

Glucose-6-phosphate isomerase, an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of glucose-6-phosphate into fructose 6-phosphate in the second step of glycolysis.

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Meanings

nounphosphoglucoseisomerase (plural phosphoglucoseisomerases)

plural phosphoglucoseisomerases · alternative phosphoglucose isomerase

  1. biochemistryGlucose-6-phosphate isomerase, an enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of glucose-6-phosphate into fructose 6-phosphate in the second step of glycolysis.

Origin

From phospho- + glucose + isomerase.

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