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glucose-6-phosphate

n :  an ester C6H13O9P that is formed from glucose and ATP in the presence of a glucokinase and that is an essential early stage in glucose metabolism .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  glucose-1-phosphate  glucose phosphate 

 
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