Phosphorylation is one of the most common modifications used by the cell to regulate the behavior of its proteins.
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Phosphorylation
Synonyms for "phosphorylation"
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22 entriesautophosphorylationbiphosphorylationcyanophosphorylationdephosphorylationdiphosphorylationectophosphorylationglycerophosphorylationhyperphosphorylationhypophosphorylationmonophosphorylationnonphosphorylationoverphosphorylationoxidative phosphorylationphosphorylationalphotophosphorylationpostphosphorylation
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32 translations across 30 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- فسفرَة noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Catalan
1 entries- fosforilació noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 磷酸化 noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Czech
1 entries- fosforylace noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Dutch
1 entries- fosforylering noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Estonian
1 entries- fosforüülimine noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Finnish
1 entries- fosforylaatio noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
French
1 entries- phosphorylation noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
German
1 entries- Phosphorylierung noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Greek
1 entries- φωσφορυλίωση noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Hebrew
1 entries- זירחון noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Indonesian
1 entries- fosforilasi noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Irish
2 entries- fosfairiliú noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
- fosfairiliúchán noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Italian
1 entries- fosforilazione noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Japanese
2 entries- リン酸化 noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
- 燐酸化 noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Malay
1 entries- pemfosforilan noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Occitan
1 entries- fosforilacion noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Persian
1 entries- فسفرگیری noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Polish
1 entries- fosforylacja noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Portuguese
1 entries- fosforilação noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Russian
1 entries- фосфорили́рование noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- fosforilacija noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Slovene
1 entries- fosforilacija noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Spanish
1 entries- fosforilación noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Swedish
1 entries- fosforylering noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Thai
1 entries- ปฏิกิริยาฟอสโฟรีเลชั่น noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Turkish
1 entries- fosforilasyonu noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Ukrainian
1 entries- фосфорилювання noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Urdu
1 entries- فاسفوریت noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Vietnamese
1 entries- photphat hoá noun (the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor)
Sample sentences
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Phosphorylation is an important step in the synthesis of ATP.
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Src worked by unleashing an indiscriminate volley of phosphorylation—throwing “on” dozens of molecular switches.
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