n :  the phosphate H₂C=C(OPO₃H₂)COOH of the enol form of pyruvic acid that is formed as an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism (as in the reversible dehydration of phosphoglyceric acid) - called also phosphopyruvic acid  .
 
   
 
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