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phos·pho·ryl·ation
\ˌ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈlāshən\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: phosphoryl + -ation
: the process of phosphorylating either by reaction with inorganic phosphate or by transfer of phosphate from another organic phosphate; especially : the enzymatic conversion of carbohydrates into their phosphoric esters in metabolic processes (as of glucose to glucose 6-phosphate by adenosine triphosphate and the enzyme hexokinase)
< it was shown that oxidative phosphorylation was the link between fermentation and respiration on the one hand, and life on the other — V.R.Potter >
— compare phosphorolysis, transphosphorylation |