phosphopantetheinylate

English

Etymology

phosphopantetheinyl +‎ -ate

Noun

phosphopantetheinylate (plural phosphopantetheinylates)

1. (biochemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphopantetheine.

Verb

phosphopantetheinylate (third-person singular simple present phosphopantetheinylates, present participle phosphopantetheinylating, simple past and past participle phosphopantetheinylated)

1. (biochemistry) To react with phosphopantetheine
   • 2015 November 26, “Characterisation of the Candida albicans Phosphopantetheinyl Transferase Ppt2 as a Potential Antifungal Drug Target”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     It is a broad spectrum PPTase which is able to phosphopantetheinylate the ACP components of both cytosolic and mitochondrial FAS systems, as well as the aminoadipate semialdehyde dehydrogenase, associated with lysine degradation.

Related terms

• phosphopantetheinylation