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dephosphorylation

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dephosphorylation [de-fos″for-ĭ-la´shun]
removal of a phosphate group from an organic molecule.

dephosphorylation
hydrolytic removal of a phosphate group from an organic molecule.


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It is now clear that the major enzyme responsible for the phosphorylation of 5¶-hydroxyl termini and dephosphorylation of 3¶-phosphate termini in human cells is polynucleotide kinase/phosphatase (hPNKP; refs.
When broken, a process called dephosphorylation the molecules of these neurotoxins unravel.
The modification will also alter the functions of a protein in both ways, adding functions or removing functions, for instance, phosphorylation and dephosphorylation, carboxylation and decarboxylation.
 
 
 
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