transphosphorylate

verb

To carry out transphosphorylation upon.

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Meanings

verbtransphosphorylate (third-person singular simple present transphosphorylates, present participle transphosphorylating, simple past and past participle transphosphorylated)

present singular third person transphosphorylates · participle present transphosphorylating · participle past transphosphorylated · past transphosphorylated

  1. transitiveTo carry out transphosphorylation upon.

    Activation of this receptor complex occurs when type II receptor transphosphorylates glycine-serine domain of receptor type I. Then the activated type I kinase is transiently associated with a transmembrane receptor, Smad2/Smad3.

    2016 January 1, “Effect of P144® (Anti-TGF-β) in an “In Vivo” Human Hypertrophic Scar Model in Nude Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From trans- + phosphorylate.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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