Trimetaphosphate

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A cyclic phosphate P₃O₉³⁻

    "This suggested that a second molecule of trimetaphosphate binds to the ribozyme and/or the first trimetaphosphate molecule and increases the reaction rate."

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"This suggested that a second molecule of trimetaphosphate binds to the ribozyme and/or the first trimetaphosphate molecule and increases the reaction rate."

Etymology

From tri- + metaphosphate.

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