DEPHOSPHORYLATION


Meaning of DEPHOSPHORYLATION in English

/dee fos"feuhr euh lay"sheuhn/ , n. Biochem.

1. the removal of a phosphate group from an organic compound, as in the changing of ATP to ADP.

2. the resulting state or condition.

[ DEPHOSPHORYLATE + -ION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .