phosphate group
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of phosphate group
First recorded in 1950–55
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For example, they found that when an insulin receptor experiences decreased mobility, it acts less efficiently on IRS1, a molecule to which it usually adds a phosphate group.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024
Nucleotides are composed of three distinctive parts: a sugar molecule, a phosphate group and one of the four nucleobases adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 8, 2024
A kinase is an enzyme that adds a phosphate group to another molecule, in this case a protein, to regulate important activities in the cell.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 13, 2024
As ATP is used for energy, a phosphate group is detached, and ADP is produced.
From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013
Thus, in a muscle cell, energy to contract is gained when a terminal phosphate group is transferred to the contracting muscle.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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