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autophosphorylates

autophosphorylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of autophosphorylate.

Meaning of autophosphorylate

Verb

autophosphorylate (third-person singular simple present autophosphorylates, present participle autophosphorylating, simple past and past participle autophosphorylated)

  1. To phosphorylate by means of autophosphorylation.
    • By analogy with the typical signal transduction systems in procaryotes and eucaryotes, it is tempting to speculate that Afsk2 autophosphorylates its serine and threonine residues upon sensing high osmolality, then transfers the signal to the putative target protein by means of phosphorylation, and...1997, Takeshi Ogura, Dynamic Aspects Of Natural Products Chemistry, page 174

Questions about autophosphorylates

What is autophosphorylates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Autophosphorylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of autophosphorylate.

Words near autophosphorylates in the dictionary

  1. autophoretic
  2. autophosphatase
  3. autophosphatases
  4. autophosphorylate
  5. autophosphorylated
  6. autophosphorylates
  7. autophosphorylating
  8. autophosphorylation
  9. autophosphorylational
  10. autophosphorylations
  11. autophotograph

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