phosphodeficient

phosphodeficient

English

Etymology

phospho- +‎ deficient

Adjective

phosphodeficient (comparative more phosphodeficient, superlative most phosphodeficient)

1. Having fewer than normal phosphorylation sites
   • 2015 October 15, “Inhibition of Receptor Dimerization as a Novel Negative Feedback Mechanism of EGFR Signaling”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0139971:

     Analyses of double phosphodeficient mutants (Table 1 ) proved that the availability of even one out of three phosphorylation sites is sufficient for the feedback monomerization to occur.