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pyridoxal 5-phosphate

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pyridoxal 5-phosphate
n.
The phosphate form of pyridoxal that is a coenzyme belonging to the vitamin B6 group and is essential to many reactions in tissue, such as amino acid decarboxylations.


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To be biologically active, pyridoxamine is first converted by the body to pyridoxal 5-phosphate (PLP).
Pyridoxine (PN) and pyridoxal 5-phosphate (PLP) in viscera and muscle of the abalone fed graded levels of dietary PN-HCl for 16 wk ([micro]g/mg tissue) (1).
Purified serine racemase has a molecular weight of 37 kDa and requires pyridoxal 5-phosphate for its activity.
 
 
 
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