Phosphomimic

adj, noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Such a modified protein
Verb
  1. 1
    To mimic a phosphorylated protein
Adjective
  1. 1
    Modified (by amino acid substitution) to mimic a phosphorylated protein not-comparable

    "To examine the possible role of PKD1 in the monomerization of EGFR, we used PKD1 S738/742E, a constitutively active phosphomimic mutant [40 ]."

Example

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"To examine the possible role of PKD1 in the monomerization of EGFR, we used PKD1 S738/742E, a constitutively active phosphomimic mutant [40 ]."

Etymology

From phospho- + mimic.

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amino acid

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