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photophosphorylation

[foh-tuh-fos-fer-uh-ley-shuh n]

noun Biochemistry.

phosphorylation that utilizes light as a source of energy, as in the formation of ATP from ADP and phosphorus during photosynthesis.

Origin of photophosphorylation

1955–60; photo- + phosphorylation

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