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countable and uncountable, plural phosphorylations
(biochemistry) the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes. quotations examples
Src worked by unleashing an indiscriminate volley of phosphorylation—throwing “on” dozens of molecular switches.
2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 359