phosphorylation
English
Etymology
From phosphoryl + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
phosphorylation (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorylations)
- (biochemistry) the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.
- 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 359:
- Src worked by unleashing an indiscriminate volley of phosphorylation—throwing “on” dozens of molecular switches.
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
Translations
the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor
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