Phosphorylation is the process whereby?

Question

Is it where proteins are synthesized?

Answer 1

Phosphorylation is the addition of a phosphate (PO4) group to a protein molecule or a small molecule. It can also be thought of as the introduction of a phosphate group into an organic molecule. Its prominent role in biochemistry is the subject of a very large body of research.

Answer 2

Its the addition of a phosphate group to a protein molecule.

Answer 3

Phosphorylation is the addition of a phosphate (PO4) group to a protein molecule or a small molecule. It can also be thought of as the introduction of a phosphate group into an organic molecule.

It itself is not a process where proteins are synthesised.Proteins are synthesised by transcription and translation.Phosphates are not synthesised but instead they are added to a molecule.

Eg:-ADP + PO4- ---> ATP

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