Medical Definition of Phosphorylation of proteins
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Addition of phosphate groups to hydroxyl groups on proteins (side chains s, T or Y) catalysed by a protein kinase often specific) with ATP as phosphate donor. Activity of proteins is often regulated by phosphorylation.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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