Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphodegron

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-de-gron
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phosphorylated degron

Example Sentences

"Activated Nek11 is capable of phosphorylating Cdc25A on sites within a phosphodegron that promotes recruitment of β-TrCP. This, in turn, leads to ubiquitin-mediated degradation of Cdc25A and cell cycle arrest [11 –13 ]."

Etymology

From phospho- + degron.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phospho

Inflected Forms

phosphodegrons (plural)

Questions

What does phosphodegron mean?: A phosphorylated degron
Where does phosphodegron come from?: From phospho- + degron.

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