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Dephosphorylation vs Bisphosphatase - What's the difference?

dephosphorylation | bisphosphatase |

As nouns the difference between dephosphorylation and bisphosphatase

is that dephosphorylation is (biochemistry) the removal of phosphate groups from a compound, especially from a biological compound while bisphosphatase is (enzyme) an enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation.

dephosphorylation

English

Noun

(wikipedia dephosphorylation) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) The removal of phosphate groups from a compound, especially from a biological compound

    • Related terms

    *phosphorylation

    bisphosphatase

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (enzyme) An enzyme that converts a bisphosphate to a monophosphate compound by dephosphorylation
    • an inositol bisphosphatase

    Related terms

    * phosphatase

    See also

    * kinase * (Fructose bisphosphatase)