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pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthetic process |
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- coenzyme pyrroloquinoline-quinone biosynthesis
- coenzyme pyrroloquinoline-quinone biosynthetic process
- PQQ biosynthesis
- PQQ biosynthetic process
- pyrroloquinoline quinone anabolism
- pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthesis
- pyrroloquinoline quinone formation
- pyrroloquinoline quinone synthesis
- pyrroloquinoline-quinone biosynthesis
- pyrroloquinoline-quinone biosynthetic process
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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of the cofactor pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ); it is synthesized from a small peptide containing tyrosine and glutamic acid; these amino acids in the peptide are multiply cross-linked and the rest of the peptide is removed.
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