"phosphorylate" meaning in English

See phosphorylate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: phosphorylates [present, singular, third-person], phosphorylating [participle, present], phosphorylated [participle, past], phosphorylated [past]
Etymology: From phosphoryl + -ate (verb-forming suffix), or back-formation from phosphorylation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|phosphoryl|-ate|id2=verb|pos2=verb-forming suffix}} phosphoryl + -ate (verb-forming suffix), {{backform|en|phosphorylation|nocap=1}} back-formation from phosphorylation Head templates: {{en-verb}} phosphorylate (third-person singular simple present phosphorylates, present participle phosphorylating, simple past and past participle phosphorylated)
  1. (transitive) To cause phosphorylation. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Phosphorus Translations (to cause phosphorylation): fosforyloida (Finnish), fosforilar (Portuguese), fosforilar (Spanish), fosforylera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-phosphorylate-en-verb-szbC8mbe Disambiguation of Phosphorus: 97 3 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 71 29 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 89 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'to cause phosphorylation': 98 2
  2. (intransitive) To undergo phosphorylation. Tags: intransitive Translations (to undergo phosphorylation): fosforyloitua (Finnish), fosforilarse (Spanish), fosforylera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-phosphorylate-en-verb-QKZUEJj5 Disambiguation of 'to undergo phosphorylation': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autophosphorylate, dephosphorylate, hyperphosphorylate, monophosphorylate, phosphorylatable, prephosphorylate, rephosphorylate, transphosphorylate, triphosphorylate Related terms: phosphorate (english: not to be confused)

Inflected forms

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