Metabolite
Pyrophosphate (PPi)
Also known as: diphosphate
- cytosol
- mitochondrial matrix
- Formula
- H4P2O7
- Mass
- 177.98 g/mol
- Family
- inorganic ion
Where it comes from
- Long-chain acyl-CoA synthetaseβ-oxidation
- Argininosuccinate synthetaseUrea cycle
- UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylaseGlycogenesis
- Orotate phosphoribosyltransferasePyrimidines
- Glutamine-PRPP amidotransferasePurines
- Geranyl-diphosphate synthaseCholesterol synthesis
- Farnesyl-diphosphate synthaseCholesterol synthesis
- Squalene synthaseCholesterol synthesis
- Hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferaseSalvage pathway
- GMP synthaseSalvage pathway
Where it goes
- UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylaseGlycogenesis
- Inorganic pyrophosphataseGlycogenesis