PHOSPHOROLYSIS


Meaning of PHOSPHOROLYSIS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌfäs-fə-ˈrä-lə-səs ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin

Date: 1937

: a reversible reaction analogous to hydrolysis in which phosphoric acid functions in a manner similar to that of water with the formation of a phosphate (as glucose-1-phosphate in the breakdown of liver glycogen)

• phos·pho·ro·lyt·ic -rō-ˈli-tik adjective

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