phosphorylate

[US]/fɒs'fɒrɪleɪt/
[UK]/ˈfɑsfərəˌlet/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to add a phosphate group to (a molecule)
Word Forms
Past Participlephosphorylated
Past Tensephosphorylated
Third Person Singularphosphorylates
Pluralphosphorylates
Present Participlephosphorylating

Example Sentences

The function of electron transport in the mitochondrion is to phosphorylate ADP to ATP.

Glycerate 3-phosphate (phosphoglyceric acid) The phosphorylated form of glyceric acid, a 3-carbon atom molecule.

Results showed that yield of TCA-N in phosphorylated fish protein hydrolysate approached to that of the control sample and phosphatization had little effect on hydrolysis.

In normal cardiac muscles, phospholamban can be phosphorylated at distinct sites by various protein kinases and release its inhibition to sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase.

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