phosphoglyceromutase

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English

Etymology

From phosphoglycerate +‎ mutase.

Noun

phosphoglyceromutase (plural phosphoglyceromutases)

  1. (biochemistry) An enzyme involved in glycolysis that catalyzes the internal transfer of a phosphate group from C-3 to C-2, resulting in the conversion of 3-phosphoglycerate to 2-phosphoglycerate through a 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate intermediate.