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phosphorylate

American  
[fos-fer-uh-leyt, fos-fawr-uh-, -for-] / ˈfɒs fər əˌleɪt, fɒsˈfɔr ə-, -ˈfɒr- /

verb (used with object)

Chemistry.
phosphorylated, phosphorylating
  1. to introduce the phosphoryl group into (an organic compound).


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Etymology

Origin of phosphorylate

First recorded in 1930–35; phosphor- + -yl + -ate 1

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Interestingly, even in mice that don't produce CDKL5, there was still some EB2 phosphorylation taking place, which suggested that another similar enzyme must also be able to phosphorylate it.

From Science Daily Feb. 8, 2024

On the intracellular side, the ends of peptide chains on each protein phosphorylate the other member of the pair, providing active docking sites that initiate cellular responses.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Various kinases are named for the substrate they phosphorylate.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

The authors discovered that mitochondrial dysfunction caused HRI to phosphorylate eIF2α even when haem was plentiful, which was surprising, given that HRI activation had been thought to depend on haem depletion11,12.

From Nature Mar. 3, 2020

In the final step, these protein kinases phosphorylate proteins in the cytoplasm.

From Textbooks Jun. 19, 2013

Most studies of phosphorylated α-synuclein have studied its role in certain neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and Lewy body dementia, where it builds up in protein clumps called Lewy bodies.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

Furthermore, they observed an association between increasing neural activity electrically or chemically and an increase in the amount of phosphorylated α-synuclein in both cultured cells and in mouse brain tissue.

From Science Daily Jan. 9, 2024

The researchers then focused on a specific phosphorylation site and created a mutation that prevented it from being phosphorylated.

From Scientific American Feb. 24, 2023

These are considered less accurate than imaging or spinal fluid tests that measure two types of proteins, beta-amyloid and phosphorylated tau, which accumulate abnormally in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s.

From Washington Post Sep. 15, 2022

In a phosphorylated state, the Na+/K+ pump has more free energy and is triggered to undergo a conformational change.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

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