autophosphorylatedadj.
/ˌɔːtə(ʊ)fɒsˈfɒrᵻleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌɔdoʊˌfɑsˈfɔrəˌleɪdᵻd/, /ˌɑdoʊˌfɑsˈfɔrəˌleɪdᵻd/ Biochemistry.
Of a protein: that has undergone autophosphorylation.
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1972 FEBS Lett. 26 351/1 Fig. 4A, B, shows the 32P-radioactivity profile after sucrose gradient ultracentrifugation of autophosphorylated thyroid (A) and brain (B) tubulins.
1995 J. F. Whitfield Calcium in Cell Cycles & Cancer (ed. 2) iii. 109 The complex signal from the cluster of enzymes and adaptors sticking to activated autophosphorylated velcroceptors activates Ras proteins.
2006 Plant Cell 18 3417/2 GST-RK generated an autophosphorylated form whose abundance was sensitive to calf intestinal phosphatase.
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