English Explanatory Dictionary

phosphorylation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.

Word forms

phosphorylation phosphorylations

Etymology

From phosphoryl + -ation.

Related words

ATP ADP phosphylation

Derived words

autophosphorylation biphosphorylation cyanophosphorylation dephosphorylation diphosphorylation ectophosphorylation glycerophosphorylation hyperphosphorylation hypophosphorylation monophosphorylation nonphosphorylation overphosphorylation oxidative phosphorylation phosphorylational photophosphorylation postphosphorylation prephosphorylation protein phosphorylation pseudophosphorylation thiophosphorylation transphosphorylation triphosphorylation
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