phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate; 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate; 5-phospho-alpha-D-ribose 1-diphosphate (PRPP)

Introduction

Intermediate in the formation of ribonucleotides.

More general terms

• ribose
• pentose phosphate
• pyrophosphate

Additional terms

• phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate [PRPP] synthetase; ribosephosphate pyrophosphokinase

Database

• PubChem: http://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/summary/summary.cgi?cid=7339