prephosphorylation

noun

prior phosphorylation

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Meanings

nounprephosphorylation (plural prephosphorylations)

plural prephosphorylations

  1. prior phosphorylation

    Prephosphorylation with Pho85p-Pho80p had an inhibitory effect on its subsequent phosphorylation with protein kinase C; however, prephosphorylation with protein kinase C had no effect on the subsequent phosphorylation with Pho85p-Pho80p.

    2014 May 29, Wen-Min Su, Gil-Soo Han, George M. Carman, “Cross-talk Phosphorylations by Protein Kinase C and Pho85p-Pho80p Protein Kinase Regulate Pah1p Phosphatidate Phosphatase Abundance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae*”, in The Journal of Biological Chemistry, volume 289, →DOI

Origin

From pre- + phosphorylation.

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prephosphorylation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prephosphorylation

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“prephosphorylation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prephosphorylation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prephosphorylation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prephosphorylation.

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