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transphosphorylate

transphosphorylate verb: to carry out transphosphorylation upon.

Verb

transphosphorylate (third-person singular simple present transphosphorylates, present participle transphosphorylating, simple past and past participle transphosphorylated)

  1. (transitive) To carry out transphosphorylation upon.
    • Activation of this receptor complex occurs when type II receptor transphosphorylates glycine-serine domain of receptor type I. Then the activated type I kinase is transiently associated with a transmembrane receptor, Smad2/Smad3.2016 January 1, “Effect of P144® (Anti-TGF-β) in an “In Vivo” Human Hypertrophic Scar Model in Nude Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of transphosphorylate

third-person singular presenttransphosphorylates
present participletransphosphorylating
past participletransphosphorylated
pasttransphosphorylated

Origin of transphosphorylate

From trans- + phosphorylate.

Questions about transphosphorylate

What does transphosphorylate mean?
Transphosphorylate means to carry out transphosphorylation upon.
What part of speech is transphosphorylate?
Transphosphorylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of transphosphorylate?
The past tense of transphosphorylate is transphosphorylated.

Words near transphosphorylate in the dictionary

  1. transphonologizing
  2. transphosphatidylation
  3. transphosphatidylations
  4. transphosphorylase
  5. transphosphorylases
  6. transphosphorylate
  7. transphosphorylated
  8. transphosphorylates
  9. transphosphorylating
  10. transphosphorylation
  11. transphosphorylations

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