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phosphocarrier

phosphocarrier noun: a class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars.

Noun

phosphocarrier (plural phosphocarriers)

  1. A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars
    • Similarly, expressions of the ptsH gene, encoding the phosphocarrier protein HPr, and the SPD_0082 gene, encoding a sensor histidine kinase, were down-regulated 1.6- and 1.4-fold, respectively.2015 October 3, “The Small Molecule DAM Inhibitor, Pyrimidinedione, Disrupts Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Growth In Vitro”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of phosphocarrier

pluralphosphocarriers

Origin of phosphocarrier

From phospho- + carrier.

Questions about phosphocarrier

What does phosphocarrier mean?
Phosphocarrier means a class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars.
What part of speech is phosphocarrier?
Phosphocarrier is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphocarrier?
The plural of phosphocarrier is phosphocarriers.

Words near phosphocarrier in the dictionary

  1. phosphocalcic
  2. phosphocane
  3. phosphocanes
  4. phosphocarbonaceous
  5. phosphocarnic acid
  6. phosphocarrier
  7. phosphocarriers
  8. phosphocaseinate
  9. phosphocaseinates
  10. phosphocellulose
  11. phosphocelluloses

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