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phosphosite

phosphosite noun: a site (on a protein etc) responsible for, or associated with, phosphorylation.

Noun

phosphosite (plural phosphosites)

  1. A site (on a protein etc) responsible for, or associated with, phosphorylation

Forms of phosphosite

pluralphosphosites

Origin of phosphosite

From phospho- + site.

Questions about phosphosite

What does phosphosite mean?
Phosphosite means a site (on a protein etc) responsible for, or associated with, phosphorylation.
What part of speech is phosphosite?
Phosphosite is a noun.
What is the plural of phosphosite?
The plural of phosphosite is phosphosites.

Words near phosphosite in the dictionary

  1. phosphosignaling
  2. phosphosignals
  3. phosphosilent
  4. phosphosilicate
  5. phosphosilicates
  6. phosphosite
  7. phosphosites
  8. phosphospecies
  9. phosphospecific
  10. phosphospecificity
  11. phosphosphingolipid

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