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phosphorylytic

phosphorylytic adjective: relating to phosphorylysis.

Adjective

phosphorylytic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to phosphorylysis.
    • In principal there are two metabolic routes for the degradation of transitory starch: an amylolytic and a phosphorylytic pathway.1997, Christine Foyer, A Molecular Approach To Primary Metabolism In Higher Plants, →ISBN
    • There seems to be no general way, as yet, by which one can predict whether a reaction will proceed by a phosphorylytic or a pyrophosphorylytic split.2012, Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, →ISBN

Questions about phosphorylytic

What does phosphorylytic mean?
Phosphorylytic means relating to phosphorylysis.
What part of speech is phosphorylytic?
Phosphorylytic is an adjective.

Words near phosphorylytic in the dictionary

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

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