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- noun biochemistry the process of transferring a
phosphate group from adonor to anacceptor ; often catalysed byenzymes
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Examples
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A number of years were to elapse before it became apparent that reversible protein phosphorylation is a general process affecting countless cellular proteins.
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Reversible protein phosphorylation is responsible for regulation of processes as diverse as mobilization of glucose from glycogen, prevention of transplant rejection by cyclosporin, and development of a cancer form like chronic myeloic leukemia.
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Parnas soon postulated a phosphate cycle, whereby the use of one ATP for phosphorylation is balanced by regeneration of ATP during subsequent steps in glycolysis.
Otto Meyerhof and the Physiology Institute: the Birth of Modern Biochemistry 2010
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Fischer & Krebs (1992) reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism
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Finally, Eric Kandel's work has shown us how these transmitters, through second transmitters and protein phosphorylation, create short - and long-term memory, forming the very basis for our ability to exist and interact meaningfully in our world.
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2000 - Presentation Speech 2000
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Greengard found that dopamine and other "slow" transmitters act by protein phosphorylation, and
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The protein phosphorylation affects a series of proteins with different functions in the nerve cell.
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Kandel showed that phosphorylation is necessary for the formation of short and long term memory.
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Paul Greengard's discoveries concerning protein phosphorylation have increased our understanding of the mechanism of action of several drugs, which specifically affects the phosphorylation of proteins in different nerve cells.
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Protein phosphorylation in synapses plays an important role for the generation of a form of short term memory.
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