phosphorylation
phosphorylation noun: the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.
Noun
phosphorylation (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorylations)
- the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.
- Src worked by unleashing an indiscriminate volley of phosphorylation—throwing “on” dozens of molecular switches.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 359
phosphorylation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Arabic and Malay
phosphorylation in Tamil
- பாஸ்ஃபோ ஏற்றம், மணிச்சத்தேற்றம்
phosphorylation in Urdu
- the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor
- فاسفوریت
phosphorylation in Arabic
- the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor
- فسفرَة
phosphorylation in Malay
- the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor
- pemfosforilan
More languagesFewer languages
- phosphorylation in Indonesian
- fosforilasi
- phosphorylation in Persian
- فسفرگیری
- phosphorylation in Thai
- ปฏิกิริยาฟอสโฟรีเลชั่น bpàdtìgìríyaa fôtforeelaychân
- phosphorylation in Vietnamese
- photphat hoá
Examples of phosphorylation in a sentence
- Dishevelled phosphorylation, subcellular localization and multimerization regulate its role in early embryogenesis .
- The phosphorylation levels were detected with antiphosphorylated antibodies by Western blot analysis.
- Potential substrates were initially identified in phosphorylation reactions after SDS PAGE analysis and phosphorylation-directed staining with the Pro-Q Diamond phosphostain reagent.
Forms of phosphorylation
| plural | phosphorylations |
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Origin of phosphorylation
From phosphoryl + -ation.
Words formed from phosphorylation
- autophosphorylation
- biphosphorylation
- cyanophosphorylation
- dephosphorylation
- diphosphorylation
- ectophosphorylation
- glycerophosphorylation
- hyperphosphorylation
- hypophosphorylation
- monophosphorylation
- nonphosphorylation
- overphosphorylation
- oxidative phosphorylation
- phosphorylational
- photophosphorylation
- postphosphorylation
- prephosphorylation
- protein phosphorylation
- pseudophosphorylation
- thiophosphorylation
- transphosphorylation
- triphosphorylation
Questions about phosphorylation
- What does phosphorylation mean?
- Phosphorylation means the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.
- What is phosphorylation in Tamil?
- Phosphorylation in Tamil is பாஸ்ஃபோ ஏற்றம், மணிச்சத்தேற்றம். See Phosphorylation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is phosphorylation?
- Phosphorylation is a noun.
- What is the plural of phosphorylation?
- The plural of phosphorylation is phosphorylations.
Words near phosphorylation in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: phosphorylation (page history and authors); phosphorylation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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