phosphorylation

Noun

Meaning

phosphorylation (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorylations)

(biochemistry) the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.

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After the phosphorylation, the first degrading enzyme, beta-amylase (BAM) can attack the glucose chain at its non-reducing end. Source: Internet

Also in the 1970s, the term multisite phosphorylation was coined in response to the discovery of proteins that are phosphorylated on two or more residues by two or more kinases. Source: Internet

Amphetamine is also known to increase intracellular calcium, an effect which is associated with DAT phosphorylation through a CAMKIIα -dependent pathway, in turn producing dopamine efflux. Source: Internet

Chronic consumption is also associated with an effect on CREB phosphorylation and function via postsynaptic NMDA receptor signaling cascades through a MAPK/ERK pathway and CAMK -mediated pathway. Source: Internet

Being one of the major regulatory mechanisms in signal transduction - cell growth, differentiation, migration and metabolic homeostasis are cellular processes maintained by tyrosine phosphorylation. Source: Internet

A subfamily of HADs, the Eyes Absent Family (Eya), are also transcription factors and can therefore regulate their own phosphorylation and that of transcriptional cofactor/s, and contribute to the control of gene transcription. Source: Internet

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