phosphopantetheinylate
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From phosphopantetheinyl + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Noun
[edit]phosphopantetheinylate (plural phosphopantetheinylates)
- (biochemistry) Any salt or ester of phosphopantetheine.
Etymology 2
[edit]From phosphopantetheinyl + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Verb
[edit]phosphopantetheinylate (third-person singular simple present phosphopantetheinylates, present participle phosphopantetheinylating, simple past and past participle phosphopantetheinylated)
- (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], :
- 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.