phosphorylate
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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
Various kinases are named for the substrate they phosphorylate.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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
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
This recovery was also reflected in blood tests, which showed normalized levels of phosphorylated tau 217, a recently approved clinical biomarker used to diagnose Alzheimer's in people.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 24, 2025
The researchers then recorded from the calcium channels to see what was happening when they were not being phosphorylated by CDKL5.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
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
ATP is readily available to cells, unlike compounds that have to first be phosphorylated in order to release their energy.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
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