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photophosphorylase

photophosphorylase noun: an enzyme that is involved in the photosynthetic phosphorylation of ATP.

Noun

photophosphorylase (uncountable)

  1. An enzyme that is involved in the photosynthetic phosphorylation of ATP.

Origin of photophosphorylase

From photo- + phosphorylase.

Questions about photophosphorylase

What does photophosphorylase mean?
Photophosphorylase means an enzyme that is involved in the photosynthetic phosphorylation of ATP.
What part of speech is photophosphorylase?
Photophosphorylase is a noun.

Words near photophosphorylase in the dictionary

  1. photophores
  2. photophoresis
  3. photophoretic
  4. photophosphorescence
  5. photophosphorescent
  6. photophosphorylase
  7. photophosphorylate
  8. photophosphorylated
  9. photophosphorylates
  10. photophosphorylating
  11. photophosphorylation

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