Definition of Phosphorolysis

1. Noun. (chemistry) any reaction, akin to hydrolysis, in which a bond is broken by the action of phosphoric acid or phosphate ¹

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Definition of Phosphorolysis

1. [n -LYSES]

Medical Definition of Phosphorolysis

1. This reaction is an analogue to hydrolysis, except here a molecule is cleaved with phosphate as the attacking group. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphorolysis

phosphorite
phosphorites
phosphoritic
phosphorize
phosphorized
phosphorizes
phosphorizing
phosphorless
phosphoro-
phosphoroclastic cleavage
phosphoroclastic reaction
phosphorodiamidate
phosphorodiamidates
phosphorogenic
phosphorolyses
phosphorolysis
phosphorolytic
phosphoroscope
phosphoroscopes
phosphorothioate
phosphorothioates
phosphorothiolated
phosphorous
phosphorous acid
phosphorous acids
phosphorpenia
phosphorrösslerite
phosphors
phosphoruria
phosphorus

Literary usage of Phosphorolysis

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1. Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and by Joseph S. Fruton (1990)
"... phosphorolysis of muscle gly- cogen. The process of anaerobic glycolysis in muscle is often termed the Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway.140 To the three ..."

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