autophosphorylating
autophosphorylating is the present participle and gerund of autophosphorylate.
Meaning of autophosphorylate
Verb
autophosphorylate (third-person singular simple present autophosphorylates, present participle autophosphorylating, simple past and past participle autophosphorylated)
- 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
Adjective
autophosphorylating (not comparable)
- That promotes autophosphorylation
- Binding a repellent at these receptors is believed to cause increased autophosphorylating activity of the CheA kinase.2015 July 10, Lixing Huang et al., “Identification and characterization of three Vibrio alginolyticus non-coding RNAs involved in adhesion, chemotaxis, and motility processes”, in Frontiers in...
Questions about autophosphorylating
- What does autophosphorylating mean?
- Autophosphorylating means that promotes autophosphorylation.
- What is autophosphorylating the present participle and gerund of?
- Autophosphorylating is the present participle and gerund of autophosphorylate.
- What part of speech is autophosphorylating?
- Autophosphorylating is an adjective.
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