Meanings
nounmonophosphohistidine (plural monophosphohistidines)
plural monophosphohistidines
- chemistryEither of two N-phosphorylated derivatives of histidine
The two forms of monophosphohistidine are both known to occur in cellular proteins ( Walinder, 1969b ; Chen et al., 1977 ; Fujitaki et al., 1981 ), however the diphospho form has only been reported in chemically phosphorylated proteins.
2015 August 21, Thomas Wieland, Paul V. Attwood, “Alterations in reversible protein histidine phosphorylation as intracellular signals in cardiovascular disease”, in Frontiers in Pharmacology, volume 6, →DOI
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