phosphorylation

English

Etymology

From phosphoryl +‎ -ation.

Noun

phosphorylation (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorylations)

1. (biochemistry) the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.
   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 359:

     Src worked by unleashing an indiscriminate volley of phosphorylation—throwing “on” dozens of molecular switches.

Derived terms

• autophosphorylation
• biphosphorylation
• cyanophosphorylation
• dephosphorylation
• diphosphorylation
• ectophosphorylation
• glycerophosphorylation
• hyperphosphorylation
• hypophosphorylation
• monophosphorylation
• nonphosphorylation
• overphosphorylation
• oxidative phosphorylation
• phosphorylational
• photophosphorylation
• postphosphorylation
• prephosphorylation
• protein phosphorylation
• pseudophosphorylation
• thiophosphorylation
• transphosphorylation
• triphosphorylation

 

Translations

the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor

• Arabic: فسفرَة f
• Catalan: fosforilació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 磷酸化 (lín suān huà)

• Czech: fosforylace
• Dutch: fosforylering f
• Estonian: fosforüülimine
• Finnish: fosforylaatio
• French: phosphorylation (fr) f
• German: Phosphorylierung f
• Greek: φωσφορυλίωση (el) f (fosforylíosi)
• Hebrew: זירחון
• Indonesian: fosforilasi
• Irish: fosfairiliú m, fosfairiliúchán m
• Italian: fosforilazione (it) f
• Japanese: リン酸化 (rinsanka), 燐酸化 (rinsanka)
• Malay: pemfosforilan
• Occitan: fosforilacion f
• Persian: فسفرگیری
• Polish: fosforylacja f
• Portuguese: fosforilação f
• Russian: фосфорили́рование (ru) n (fosforilírovanije)
• Serbo-Croatian: fosforilacija f
• Slovene: fosforilacija f
• Spanish: fosforilación f
• Swedish: fosforylering (sv) c
• Thai: ปฏิกิริยาฟอสโฟรีเลชั่น (bpàdtìgìríyaa fôtforeelaychân)
• Turkish: fosforilasyonu
• Ukrainian: фосфорилювання f (fosforyljuvannja)
• Urdu: فاسفوریت
• Vietnamese: photphat hoá

See also

• ATP
• ADP