transphosphorylate

English

Etymology

From trans- +‎ phosphorylate.

Verb

transphosphorylate (third-person singular simple present transphosphorylates, present participle transphosphorylating, simple past and past participle transphosphorylated)

1. (transitive) To carry out transphosphorylation upon.
   • 2016 January 1, “Effect of P144® (Anti-TGF-β) in an “In Vivo” Human Hypertrophic Scar Model in Nude Mice”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Activation of this receptor complex occurs when type II receptor transphosphorylates glycine-serine domain of receptor type I. Then the activated type I kinase is transiently associated with a transmembrane receptor, Smad2/Smad3.