phosphorylation
Sign in to savethumb|Serine in an amino acid chain, before and after phosphorylation.
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- ATP is produced by phosphorylation
- Phosphorylation of glucose
- Glucose metabolism
- Glycogen synthesis
- Other processes
- Protein phosphorylation
- Further reading
- See also
- References
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thumb|Serine in an amino acid chain, before and after phosphorylation.
In biochemistry, phosphorylation is described as the "transfer of a phosphate group" from a donor to an acceptor or the addition of a phosphate group to a molecule. A common phosphorylating agent (phosphate donor) is ATP and a common family of acceptor are alcohols: