phosphomimic

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adjective

Modified (by amino acid substitution) to mimic a phosphorylated protein

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Meanings

adjectivephosphomimic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableModified (by amino acid substitution) to mimic a phosphorylated protein

    To examine the possible role of PKD1 in the monomerization of EGFR, we used PKD1 S738/742E, a constitutively active phosphomimic mutant [40 ].

    2015 October 15, “Inhibition of Receptor Dimerization as a Novel Negative Feedback Mechanism of EGFR Signaling”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
nounphosphomimic (plural phosphomimics)

plural phosphomimics

  1. Such a modified protein
verbphosphomimic (third-person singular simple present phosphomimics, present participle phosphomimicing, simple past and past participle phosphomimiced)

present singular third person phosphomimics · participle present phosphomimicing · participle past phosphomimiced · past phosphomimiced

  1. To mimic a phosphorylated protein

Origin

From phospho- + mimic.

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APA

phosphomimic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphomimic

MLA

“phosphomimic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphomimic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phosphomimic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phosphomimic.

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