phosphoenzyme
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
37
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The phosphorylated form of an enzyme
Example Sentences
- "Indeed, every reaction step measured in the Na,K-ATPase reaction cycle was significantly affected by the concentration of cholesterol: the phosphoenzyme levels increased, the apparent ATP affinity increased, the cytoplasmic Na + activation was inhibited at high Na + concentrations, and the rate of phosphorylation and of spontaneous and K + -activated dephosphorylation increased[51 –53 ]."
Etymology
From phospho- + enzyme.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: phospho