phosphocarrier

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English

Etymology

From phospho- +‎ carrier.

Noun

phosphocarrier (plural phosphocarriers)

  1. (biochemistry) A class of cytoplasmic protein that is involved in the phosphorylation of sugars
    • 2015 October 3, “The Small Molecule DAM Inhibitor, Pyrimidinedione, Disrupts Streptococcus pneumoniae Biofilm Growth In Vitro”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Similarly, expressions of the ptsH gene, encoding the phosphocarrier protein HPr, and the SPD_0082 gene, encoding a sensor histidine kinase, were down-regulated 1.6- and 1.4-fold, respectively.