Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

autophosphorylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: au-tophos-pho-ry-late
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To phosphorylate by means of autophosphorylation.

Example Sentences

"By analogy with the typical signal transduction systems in procaryotes and eucaryotes, it is tempting to speculate that Afsk2 autophosphorylates its serine and threonine residues upon sensing high osmolality, then transfers the signal to the putative target protein by means of phosphorylation, and the phosphorylated target protein activates the expression of multiple genes required for aerial mycelium formation at high osmotic pressure."

Etymology

From auto- + phosphorylate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: auto

Inflected Forms

autophosphorylates (present, singular) autophosphorylating (participle, present) autophosphorylated (participle, past) autophosphorylated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

autodephosphorylate

Questions

What does autophosphorylate mean?: To phosphorylate by means of autophosphorylation.
Where does autophosphorylate come from?: From auto- + phosphorylate.

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