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phosphorylates

phosphorylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phosphorylate.

Meaning of phosphorylate

Verb

phosphorylate (third-person singular simple present phosphorylates, present participle phosphorylating, simple past and past participle phosphorylated)

  1. (transitive) To cause phosphorylation.
    • The protein made by the viral src gene was so potent and hyperactive that it phosphorylated anything and everything around it.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 359
  2. (intransitive) To undergo phosphorylation.

Questions about phosphorylates

What is phosphorylates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Phosphorylates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phosphorylate.

Words near phosphorylates in the dictionary

  1. phosphorylatable
  2. phosphorylate
  3. phosphorylated
  4. phosphorylated adenosine
  5. phosphorylated adenosines
  6. phosphorylates
  7. phosphorylating
  8. phosphorylation
  9. phosphorylational
  10. phosphorylations
  11. phosphorylative

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