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phosphoglyceromutase

Definitions

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  • noun biochemistry An enzyme involved in glycolysis that catalyzes the internal transfer of a phosphate group from C-3 to C-2, resulting in the conversion of 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate through a 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate intermediate.

Etymologies

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phosphoglycerate +‎ mutase

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Examples

  • During that period I extended my studies of mechanisms of enzyme action to the enzymes phosphoglyceromutase and alkaline phosphatase.

    César Milstein - Autobiography 1985

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