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phosphoylation

phosphoylation is the misspelling of phosphorylation.

Meaning of phosphorylation

Noun

phosphorylation (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorylations)

  1. 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

Questions about phosphoylation

What is phosphoylation the misspelling of?
Phosphoylation is the misspelling of phosphorylation.

Words near phosphoylation in the dictionary

  1. phosphovanadylite
  2. phosphovimentin
  3. phosphowalpurgite
  4. phosphowolframic
  5. phosphoylating
  6. phosphoylation
  7. phosphuranylite
  8. phosphure
  9. phosphures
  10. phosphuret
  11. phosphureted

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