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Definition of phosphorylation
: the process of phosphorylating a chemical compound either by reaction with inorganic phosphate or by transfer of phosphate from another organic phosphate; especially : the enzymatic conversion of carbohydrates into their phosphoric esters in metabolic processes
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Hunter is famous for discovering a class of enzymes called tyrosine kinases that perform tyrosine phosphorylation.
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First Known Use of phosphorylation
1925
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phosphorylation
playMedical Definition of phosphorylation
: the process of phosphorylating a chemical compound either by reaction with inorganic phosphate or by transfer of phosphate from another organic phosphate; especially : the enzymatic conversion of carbohydrates into their phosphoric esters in metabolic processes (as the conversion of glucose to glucose-6-phosphate by ATP and hexokinase)
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