Definition of Phosphorylation

1. Noun. (biochemistry) the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes ¹

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Definition of Phosphorylation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phosphorylation

1. The creation of a phosphate derivative of an organic molecule. This isusually achieved by transferring a phosphate group from ATP. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphorylation

phosphoruses
phosphoryl
phosphorylase
phosphorylase-rupturing enzyme
phosphorylase a
phosphorylase b
phosphorylase kinase
phosphorylase kinase phosphatase
phosphorylase phosphatase
phosphorylases
phosphorylatable
phosphorylate
phosphorylated
phosphorylates
phosphorylating
phosphorylation (current term)
phosphorylation of proteins
phosphorylations
phosphorylative
phosphorylcholine
phosphorylcholines
phosphorylethanolamine
phosphorylethanolamine glyceridetransferase
phosphorylethanolamines
phosphorylphosphatase
phosphoryls
phosphoserine
phosphoserine aminotransferase
phosphoserines
phosphosiderite

Literary usage of Phosphorylation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Reactive Oxygen Species Signaling through Regulation of Protein Tyrosine phosphorylation in Endothelial Cells Viswanathan Natarajan, William M. Scribner, ..."

2. Molecular Neurobiology: Proceedings of the 2nd NIMH Conference by Steven Zalcman (1995)
"A critical test of this hypothesis is to determine whether synapsin phosphorylation is correlated with LTP induced by classical means, ..."

3. Harmful Non-Indigenous Species in the United States (1994)
"The tertiary structure of proteins is profoundly affected by posttranslational modifications, such as phosphorylation and glycosylation. ..."

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