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rephosphorylate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
rephos-pho-ry-late
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To phosphorylate a compound, such as a protein, which has previously been dephosphorylated

Etymology

From re- + phosphorylate.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

rephosphorylates (present, singular) rephosphorylating (participle, present) rephosphorylated (participle, past) rephosphorylated (past)

Frequently Paired Words

rephosphorylation

Questions

What does rephosphorylate mean?
To phosphorylate a compound, such as a protein, which has previously been dephosphorylated
Where does rephosphorylate come from?
From re- + phosphorylate.

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