triphosphorylation

noun

phosphorylation to form a triphosphate

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Meanings

nountriphosphorylation (plural triphosphorylations)

plural triphosphorylations

  1. phosphorylation to form a triphosphate

    In one of these studies, catalytic RNAs (ribozymes) that catalyze the triphosphorylation of RNA 5'-hydroxyl groups using Tmp were obtained by in vitro selection.

    2015 November 7, “A Faster Triphosphorylation Ribozyme”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From tri- + phosphorylation.

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