Phosphocarrier

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars

    "Similarly, expressions of the ptsH gene, encoding the phosphocarrier protein HPr, and the SPD_0082 gene, encoding a sensor histidine kinase, were down-regulated 1.6- and 1.4-fold, respectively."

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"Similarly, expressions of the ptsH gene, encoding the phosphocarrier protein HPr, and the SPD_0082 gene, encoding a sensor histidine kinase, were down-regulated 1.6- and 1.4-fold, respectively."

Etymology

From phospho- + carrier.

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