Dephosphorylate vs Autophosphatase - What's the difference?
dephosphorylate | autophosphatase |
(enzyme, noun adjunct) A phosphatase that dephosphorylates itself
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As a verb dephosphorylate
is to cause, or undergo dephosphorylation.As a noun autophosphatase is
a phosphatase that dephosphorylates itself.autophosphatase
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Alternative forms
* auto-phosphataseNoun
(head)- an autophosphatase reaction
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