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phosphorylysis

phosphorylysis noun: the breakdown of glucose-glucose bonds by the enzyme phosphorylase.

Noun

phosphorylysis (uncountable)

  1. The breakdown of glucose-glucose bonds by the enzyme phosphorylase.
    • Besides hydrolysis another way is now known—phosphorylysis. Hydrolysis appears to be the chief means of splitting polysaccharides in digestion, and phosphorylysis the chief means of tissue disintegration of glycogen in animals and fungi and of starch in some plants—for example, in the germinating...1943, Henry Ernest Sigerist, American Review of Soviet Medicine - Volume 1, page 512
    • Next phosphorylysis of the deoxy sugar takes place with the formation of 2-deoxy-α-D-glucose phosphate under restitution of the primer.2005, K. F. Gotlieb, A. Capelle, Starch Derivatization: Fascinating and Unique Industrial Opportunities, →ISBN

Examples of phosphorylysis in a sentence

  • Besides hydrolysis another way is now known—phosphorylysis.1943, Henry Ernest Sigerist, American Review of Soviet Medicine - Volume 1, page 512:
  • PNP (purine nuceloside phosphorylase) catalyzes the phosphorylysis of inosine, guanosine and their deoxycompounds.2013, Chris H. De Bruyn, Purine Metabolism in Man-IV, →ISBN:

Questions about phosphorylysis

What does phosphorylysis mean?
Phosphorylysis means the breakdown of glucose-glucose bonds by the enzyme phosphorylase.
How do you use phosphorylysis in a sentence?
Besides hydrolysis another way is now known—phosphorylysis.
What part of speech is phosphorylysis?
Phosphorylysis is a noun.

Words near phosphorylysis in the dictionary

  1. phosphorylome
  2. phosphorylomes
  3. phosphoryls
  4. phosphoryltransferase
  5. phosphoryltransferases
  6. phosphorylysis
  7. phosphorylytic
  8. phosphosaccharide
  9. phosphosaccharides
  10. phosphosaline
  11. phosphoscreen

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