dephosphorylationn.
/diːˌfɒsfərɪˈleɪʃən/ Chemistry.
The removal of a phosphate group from a compound.
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1931 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 92 765 The function of such phosphorylations and dephosphorylations has..not been elucidated.
1956 Nature 11 Feb. 274/1 In algae it is considered that the oxidative assimilation of hexose follows the same glycolytic pathway as in higher organisms, and that these substances after dephosphorylation yield hexose phosphate.
1963 Lancet 5 Jan. 59/2 The free energy for sperm movement is provided by the dephosphorylation of adenosine triphosphate.
Derivatives
dephosˈphorylate v. transitive.
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1929 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 83 796 There occur..others [sc. enzymes] capable of dephosphorylating nucleotides.
dephosˈphorylated adj.
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1954 Biochem. Jrnl. 58 391/2 The dephosphorylated product was isolated by chromatography.
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