phosphorylation

Etymology

phosphoryl + -ation

noun

  1. (biochemistry) 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

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