phosphorylation
Type: process Aliases: phosphorylatedhyperphosphorylated
- Systems Analogy Attaching a tiny chemical tag to a protein to switch its activity on or off.
- Formal Definition A reversible biochemical modification where a phosphate group is covalently attached to a protein, regulating its activity.
Mentioned In
- Conditionneurofibrillary
- Moleculegingipains, mitochondria, phosphate
- Proteinkinase, tau
Scientific Sources & Literature Citations
- [1] Book / Monograph Nelson DL, Cox MM. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry. 8th ed. 2021. ↗
"Phosphorylation is the most common mechanism of protein activity regulation."