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THIAMINE PYROPHOSPHATASE
The coenzymeform of vitamin B1 (thiamine), deficiency of which causes beri beri. Forms the prosthetic group of pyruvate dehydrogenase, _ ketoglutarate dehydrogenase and transketolase, in which it is involved in transfer of a 2 carbon unit. Marker for the trans cisternae of the Golgi complex.
This entry appears with alow from the Vocabulary of Cell and Molecular Biology