Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prephosphorylation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prephos-pho-ry-la-tion
IPA

33

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

prior phosphorylation

Example Sentences

"Prephosphorylation with Pho85p-Pho80p had an inhibitory effect on its subsequent phosphorylation with protein kinase C; however, prephosphorylation with protein kinase C had no effect on the subsequent phosphorylation with Pho85p-Pho80p."

Etymology

From pre- + phosphorylation.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Inflected Forms

prephosphorylations (plural)

Questions

What does prephosphorylation mean?: prior phosphorylation
Where does prephosphorylation come from?: From pre- + phosphorylation.

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