phosphorylation
nounEtymology From phosphoryl + -ation.
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Biochemistry, Biology, Chemistry, Microbiology, Natural sciences, Physical sciences the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.
- Src worked by unleashing an indiscriminate volley of phosphorylation—throwing “on” dozens of molecular switches.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 359:
- Derived terms
- autophosphorylation, biphosphorylation, cyanophosphorylation, dephosphorylation, diphosphorylation, ectophosphorylation, glycerophosphorylation, hyperphosphorylation, hypophosphorylation, monophosphorylation, nonphosphorylation, overphosphorylation, oxidative phosphorylation, phosphorylational, photophosphorylation, postphosphorylation, prephosphorylation, protein phosphorylation, pseudophosphorylation, thiophosphorylation, transphosphorylation, triphosphorylation
- Related terms
- ATP, ADP, phosphylation