phosphometabolite

noun

Any metabolite that contains a phosphate (or similar) group

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Meanings

nounphosphometabolite (plural phosphometabolites)

plural phosphometabolites

  1. biochemistryAny metabolite that contains a phosphate (or similar) group
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    Our study uncovered age-dependent decline in phosphometabolite turnover rates and dynamic energetic rearrangements in aging rat atria with simultaneous phosphotransfer circuit and mitochondrial substrate shuttle deficits hindering ATP cycling that may underlie the vulnerability of the whole energetic system, muscle weakness and electrical instability.

    2015 September 18, “Decline of Phosphotransfer and Substrate Supply Metabolic Circuits Hinders ATP Cycling in Aging Myocardium”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From phospho- + metabolite.

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