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phosphoacceptor

phosphoacceptor noun: a site on a biological macromolecule at which phosphorylation takes place.

Noun

phosphoacceptor (plural phosphoacceptors)

  1. A site on a biological macromolecule at which phosphorylation takes place

Forms of phosphoacceptor

pluralphosphoacceptors

Origin of phosphoacceptor

From phospho- + acceptor.

Questions about phosphoacceptor

What does phosphoacceptor mean?
Phosphoacceptor means a site on a biological macromolecule at which phosphorylation takes place.
What part of speech is phosphoacceptor?
Phosphoacceptor is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphoacceptor?
The plural of phosphoacceptor is phosphoacceptors.

Words near phosphoacceptor in the dictionary

  1. phosphitylation
  2. phosphitylations
  3. phospho-
  4. phosphoablative
  5. phosphoaccepting
  6. phosphoacceptor
  7. phosphoacceptors
  8. phosphoacetylated
  9. phosphoacetylation
  10. phosphoacetylations
  11. phosphoacetylglucosamine mutase

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