phosphorolyticadj.
/ˌfɒsf(ə)rə(ʊ)ˈlɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌfɑsfərəˈlɪdɪk/ Biochemistry.
Of the nature of or involving phosphorolysis.
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plasmolysed1883
plasmolysing1883
plasmolytic1885
cytolytic1896
plasmolysable1896
Pfeiffer1897
lipolytic1898
autolytic1900
lytic1902
trypanolytic1907
heterolytic1909
lysed1922
lysing1924
oncolytic1928
phosphorolytic1937
lysogenized1953
1937 Enzymologia 2 154 Phosphorolytic decomposition of glycogen.
1970 A. L. Lehninger Biochemistry xv. 328 (caption) Phosphorolytic removal of a glucose residue from the nonreducing end of a glycogen chain by phosphorylase.
1992 Biosci., Biotechnol. & Biochem. 56 653/1 The pH optima of both phosphorolytic and synthetic reactions were 7.0.
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ˌphosphoroˈlytically adv. by means of phosphorolysis.
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1952 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 74 115/1 Earlier studies with various purine nucleosides pointed to hypoxanthine and guanine ribosides..as the only substrates that could be split phosphorolytically by nucleosidase prepared from mammalian tissues.
1994 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 269 24762/1 5′-Methylthioadenosine (MTA) phosphorylase is..able to phosphorolytically cleave inosine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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