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triphosphorylate

triphosphorylate verb: to phosphorylate to form a triphosphate.

Verb

triphosphorylate (third-person singular simple present triphosphorylates, present participle triphosphorylating, simple past and past participle triphosphorylated)

  1. To phosphorylate to form a triphosphate
    • To test whether TPR1e was able to triphosphorylate free nucleosides, 14 C labeled guanosine was incubated with eight different variants of TPR1e.2015 November 7, “A Faster Triphosphorylation Ribozyme”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of triphosphorylate

third-person singular presenttriphosphorylates
present participletriphosphorylating
past participletriphosphorylated
pasttriphosphorylated

Origin of triphosphorylate

From tri- + phosphorylate.

Questions about triphosphorylate

What does triphosphorylate mean?
Triphosphorylate means to phosphorylate to form a triphosphate.
What part of speech is triphosphorylate?
Triphosphorylate is a verb.
What is the past tense of triphosphorylate?
The past tense of triphosphorylate is triphosphorylated.

Words near triphosphorylate in the dictionary

  1. triphosphopyridine nucleotide
  2. triphosphopyridine nucleotides
  3. triphosphoric acid
  4. triphosphoric acids
  5. triphosphorus
  6. triphosphorylate
  7. triphosphorylated
  8. triphosphorylation
  9. triphosphorylations
  10. triphoton
  11. triphotons

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