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- noun biochemistry A pentosephosphate, formed from
ribose 5-phosphate by theenzyme ribose-phosphatediphosphokinase , which plays a role in transferring phospho-ribose groups in severalreactions .
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The international team of researchers funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders found that the PRPS1 gene encodes the enzyme phosphoribosylpyrophosphate (PRPP) synthetase 1, which produces and regulates PRPP
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The international team of researchers funded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders found that the PRPS1 gene encodes the enzyme phosphoribosylpyrophosphate (PRPP) synthetase 1, which produces and regulates PRPP
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Ph. D., of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discovered that the PRPS1 gene encodes the enzyme phosphoribosylpyrophosphate (PRPP) synthetase 1, which produces and regulates PRPP
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Ph. D., of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discovered that the PRPS1 gene encodes the enzyme phosphoribosylpyrophosphate (PRPP) synthetase 1, which produces and regulates PRPP
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