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phosphorylating

phosphorylating is the present participle and gerund 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.

Adjective

phosphorylating (not comparable)

  1. That phosphorylates.

Words formed from phosphorylating

Questions about phosphorylating

What does phosphorylating mean?
Phosphorylating means that phosphorylates.
What is phosphorylating the present participle and gerund of?
Phosphorylating is the present participle and gerund of phosphorylate.
What part of speech is phosphorylating?
Phosphorylating is an adjective.

Words near phosphorylating in the dictionary

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

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