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ATP phosphoribosyltransferase (medicine) and splintery (iou)


ATP phosphoribosyltransferase (medicine)


ATP phosphoribosyltransferase
<enzyme> An enzyme that catalyses the first step of the pathway for histidine biosynthesis in salmonella typhimurium. ATP reacts reversibly with 5-phosphoribosyl-1-pyrophosphate to yield n-1-(5'-phosphoribosyl)-ATP and pyrophosphate.

Chemical name: 1-(5-Phospho-D-ribosyl)-ATP:pyrophosphate phospho-alpha-D- ribosyltransferase

Registry number: EC 2.4.2.17


splintery (iou)



splintery adjective. L18.
[from SPLINTER noun, verb + -Y1.]
Of a mineral's fracture: characterized by the production of small splinters. L18.
Of stone, a mineral, etc.: breaking or separating easily into splinters; spec. having a splintery fracture. E19.
b. Of a rock: rough, jagged. E19.
Resembling a splinter in shape or form. M19.
Full of splinters. M19.