dephosphorylation Chem.
(diːˌfɒsfərɪˈleɪʃən)
[f. de- II. 1 + phosphoryl + -ation.]
The removal of a phosphate group from a compound.
| 1931 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. XCII. 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. |
Also dephosˈphorylate v. trans., dephosˈphorylated ppl. a.
| 1929 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. LXXXIII. 796 There occur..others [sc. enzymes] capable of dephosphorylating nucleotides. 1954 Biochem. Jrnl. LVIII. 391/2 The dephosphorylated product was isolated by chromatography. |