Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phosphorylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English

Syllables: phos-pho-ry-late
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To cause phosphorylation.

Transitive verb

verb

To undergo phosphorylation.

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The protein made by the viral src gene was so potent and hyperactive that it phosphorylated anything and everything around it."

Etymology

From phosphoryl + -ate (verb-forming suffix), or back-formation from phosphorylation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

phosphorylates (present, singular) phosphorylating (participle, present) phosphorylated (participle, past) phosphorylated (past)

Derived Forms

autophosphorylate dephosphorylate hyperphosphorylate monophosphorylate phosphorylatable prephosphorylate rephosphorylate transphosphorylate triphosphorylate

Frequently Paired Words

phosphorate

Questions

What does phosphorylate mean?: To cause phosphorylation.
Where does phosphorylate come from?: From phosphoryl + -ate (verb-forming suffix), or back-formation from phosphorylation.

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