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diphosphate

[ dahy-fos-feyt ]

noun

Chemistry.
  1. a pyrophosphate.
  2. a phosphate containing two phosphate groups.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diphosphate1

First recorded in 1820–30; di- 1 + phosphate
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When an ATP molecule is used, it is stripped of one of its phosphate groups, creating adenosine diphosphate, or ADP.

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Antagonism screen for inhibitors of bacterial cell wall biogenesis uncovers an inhibitor of undecaprenyl diphosphate synthase.

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So another cycle takes place — a cycle within a cycle: a molecule of ATP gives up one of its phosphate groups and retains only two, becoming a diphosphate molecule, ADP.

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We report that the tetratricopeptide-repeat domain of O-GlcNAc transferase binds the carboxyl-terminal portion of an HCF-1 proteolytic repeat such that the cleavage region lies in the glycosyltransferase active site above uridine diphosphate–GlcNAc.

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DMAPP, dimethylallyl diphosphate; FPP, farnesyl diphosphate; IPP, isopentenyl diphosphate. tHMG1 encodes truncated HMG-CoA reductase.

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