Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphocarrier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-car-ri-er
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars

Example Sentences

"Similarly, expressions of the ptsH gene, encoding the phosphocarrier protein HPr, and the SPD_0082 gene, encoding a sensor histidine kinase, were down-regulated 1.6- and 1.4-fold, respectively."

Etymology

From phospho- + carrier.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: phospho

Inflected Forms

phosphocarriers (plural)

Questions

What does phosphocarrier mean?: A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars
Where does phosphocarrier come from?: From phospho- + carrier.

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