phosphopantetheinylate

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English

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Etymology

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phosphopantetheinyl +‎ -ate

Noun

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phosphopantetheinylate (plural phosphopantetheinylates)

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

Verb

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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.
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